RunningAHEAD - Topic: 40/40 Thread for Week Ending 3/23/08

Holly S.

Marathon Maniac #957

posted: 3/17/2008 at 6:13 AM
modified: 3/23/2008 at 10:14 AM

Here's the tally from last week. Sorry I took so long - life getting in the way again...

Who	Miles	Commentary
CNYrunner	72	Topped it off with an awesome 23-miler with 5 fast middle miles – Yowza!
Twocat	71.84	Great race and PR in spite of calf trouble!
Hermosaboy	65.15	Front-loaded week, getting ready for a Sunday race. How’d you do?
Perch	61.9	17-mile run at MP with hills – wow!
Holly	57	Finally feeling a little increase in endurance.
Biketm	54.8	Plus 42 bike miles.
PJH	53.9	Building mileage fast.
Jim24315	53	12K race – 6:42 pace – Wow! You’re smokin’!
Evenflein	52.7	20-miler at better-than-MP – Yowza!
Wa5yom	51	20-mile Pfitz progression – wow!
Pfriese	50.6	Hills, MLR and LR – solid!
Btb1490	50.5	And a 20-mile progression run – impressive!
Predawnrunner	48.2	Sad reason to visit your hometown, but a nice LR to stir up memories.
SirWalksalot	45	You made it!
Ultrachick	44	HM to finish the week – great job!
Slojim	44	Looking good!
Carnivirus	29	Flu bug this week
Tramps	27.7	Life gets in the way sometimes.
PeterNC	Excellent Marathon!
Breger	Skiing last week

Here's my plan for the coming week:

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Monday	0 miles	0 miles	Weights and abs
Tuesday	8-11 miles	11.25 miles	Hill workout day
Wednesday	7 miles	7.05 miles	Easy pace
Thursday	8-11 miles	9.25 miles	Frisky-brisky pace - with CNYrunner!
Friday	0 miles	0 miles	rest day - not feeling well
Saturday	12-15 miles	14.25 miles	4 miles at MP
Sunday	7 miles	8.25 miles	Easy pace
Total	42-51	50.1 miles

Life is a headlong rush into the unknown. We can hunker down and hope nothing hits us or we can stand tall, lean into the wind and say, "Bring it on, darlin', and don't be stingy with the jalapenos."

CNYrunner

posted: 3/17/2008 at 7:19 AM
modified: 3/23/2008 at 10:09 AM

I’ll see you soon Holly….Thanks for doing this and keeping us all on track! 3/17-----8 miles recovery pace---8 untimed miles 3/18-----16 mile big workout (wu, 4x25 mins hard, with 2 mins rest, cd---keep at 2:13 overall)---16 miles--2:13 overall--speedy sections at 7:40 pace and lower--5 minutes rest---trashed now 3/19-----8 easy with SkipAZ!----9 miles with Skip--just under 9:00 pace or so 3/20-----8-11 with Holly!---9.25 with Holly 3/21-----~~10 mile dyno/fartlek workout on hilly route~~----switched out runs and ran 4 at easy-ish pace/8:33 and change 3/22-----~~3-4 easy~~--8 mile dyno/fartlek on hilly route---8.4 miles--fartlek--7:44-46 pace 3/23-----20 miles with 14-17 at mp if the body is willing----20.3 miles after Easter sunrise service with a nice group---no mp miles, but good pace all the same---3:04 and 9:05 pace or so, very hilly Total----73-76--75 miles--most since 1988 in a marathon training cycle SLEEP---get to bed b4 10 PM!---not so much this week Sad

Keep doing the real food thing---lower to the ground is best----pretty good----are jelly beans low to the ground? Weights/abs/core stuff 3x week---done

perchcreek

i'm lovin' it... MM#1949

posted: 3/17/2008 at 7:25 AM
modified: 3/23/2008 at 1:04 PM

Thanks Holly! 62 planned. Two more weeks of 60's then Taper!

Day	Plan	Actual	Comments
Monday	0 mi Rest	0 mi	good sleep
Tuesday	6 mi recovery	6 mi	in an hour, AHR 140
Wednesday	8 mi w/ 4x1000m@5Kish	8 mi	nailed the repeats!
Thursday	15 mi m-LR	15 mi	windy uphill then wind at back downhill... sweet... avg pace 8:48
Friday	8 mi GA	8.2 mi	first 2.2 w/Tory @ 8:44 then 6 mi@ 7:45 which felt very comfortable!
Saturday	4 mi recovery	6 mi	AHR 143 9:47 pace
Sunday	21 mi LR	21 mi	hilly, rolling uphill last 7 (8:45 pace, AHR150) all systems go!

Totals:	62	64.2	good mix of everything with 21 at MP+10%

Perch's Profile "I don't know if running adds years to your life, but it definitely adds life to your years." - Jim Fixx "The secret is to make in your mind possible what was not possible before. The secret is to make easy what was difficult, instead to make difficult what really is easy." - Coach Renato Canova

evryday

posted: 3/17/2008 at 7:47 AM
modified: 3/23/2008 at 5:22 PM

Hello 40/40s!! Please accept my 41 mile week schedule(the most attempted to date). I've been ever so slowly bumping up the miles and hope to reach the coveted 40 mile mark by weeks end. Smile

Mon.....rest........rest Tues....6miles......9miles Wed....9miles......6.2miles Thurs...rest........rest Frid.....6miles......6miles Sat......rest........rest Sun.....20miles.....20miles Total...41.2 miles (personal weekly best) Thank you , Holly!

Quit being so damn serious! When we change the way we look at things, the things we look at change. "Ya just gotta let it go." OM

Runrtim57

Marathon Maniac #3309

posted: 3/17/2008 at 8:38 AM
modified: 3/25/2008 at 11:02 AM

Thanks again Holly, it's soooo nice of you to do this for all of us Smile

Mon - 11 easy miles - tired and sore from Sat's 18 miler Tues - Rest day - IT band a little sore and tight...being careful Weds - 6.5 miles- felt horrible...sucky run for what ever reasons Angry

Thurs - 10.2 miles - kept it easy and felt a little better Fri - Rest Sat - 11 easy miles - still sore and sluggish Angry

, cut run short of planned 15 miler Sun - 6.8 easy miles - finally felt a little better Total - 45.5 - Hope I'm over my running funk this week Confused

Tim

Running has given me the courage to start, the determination to keep trying, and the childlike spirit to have fun along the way - Run often and run long, but never outrun your Joy of running!

PJH

posted: 3/17/2008 at 9:08 AM
modified: 3/23/2008 at 2:21 PM

Actuals for the week ... focus on tempo runs and staying uninjured

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Monday	10.0	12.0	"Double Monday" - 6 & 6... ez pace ~ 9:55 ... hr 132 in both am & pm
Tuesday	8.0	9.3	3.9 mi @8:15 (LT - 15 sec) ...balance ez @9:54
Wednesday	10.0	6.1	60 mins ez pace @9:53...cut back before Thurs speedwork
Thursday	8.0	10.6	35 mins/4.4 mi @ tempo pace 7:59 - tough, but good
Friday	0	0	Planned rest day
Saturday	12.0	13.0	Ez pace @ 9:51 ... legs still tired from Thurs
Sunday	5.0	6.1	EZ pace @ 9:55
Total	53.0	57.1	An overall good week

Thanks for your efforts, Holly! PJ

ultrachick

Ultrachick

posted: 3/17/2008 at 10:06 AM
modified: 3/23/2008 at 8:46 PM

Here's my plan for the week. Since Sunday is Easter, I'm already making plans to do my long run on Friday afternoon or else I'll be out there Sunday morning racing the Easter Bunny to get home and have my family over for brunch!

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Monday	5	0	Tired from Sunday
Tuesday	4x1 m	8	Intervals (8m total)-2x 1 m, still tired, more of a fartlek workout
Wednesday	6	6	3 miles inside/3 miles outside
Thursday	10	5 6	So far....needed one more to make 60 for the week!
Friday	6	24	Don't need to chase the Easter bunny so far on Sunday!
Saturday	Off	6	In the dark
Sunday	24	10	Will the wind ever stop?
Total	57	60	Exceeded the goal!

Have a good week everyone! Kelly

If you never go fast, you'll never go fast.

evanflein

posted: 3/17/2008 at 12:37 PM
modified: 3/23/2008 at 7:49 PM

A planned cutback week... but I don't think I'll cut back as far as the plan wants to...

Day	Plan	Actual	Comments
Monday	XT Day	Elliptical, weights/abs	Good workout in the gym
Tuesday	5 EZ	5.2 Miles	first 2 miles @8:49, last 3.2 @8:34
Wednesday	8 miles w/5@MP	8 Miles	2 @8:49, 6 @8:34, hot TM run...
Thursday	5 miles Tempo	0 Miles	Switched Friday rest day with today
Friday	Rest Day	7.3 miles	Hilly tempo run, avg pace 8:14
Saturday	8 miles	8.5 miles	Brisk 8:22 avg pace, tried to keep good pace uphill
Sunday	14 miles	16.5 miles	8:24 avg pace, even held it well over the hills!

Totals:	40 Miles	45.5 miles actual running total

breger1

posted: 3/17/2008 at 12:47 PM
modified: 3/23/2008 at 8:19 AM

I actually had a very good week of running last week, even with all the skiing and other stuff. But a late night (early morning) arrival back home derailed my planned Sunday LR. So I didn't make 40 last week. That shouldn't be a problem this week!

Day	Plan	Actual	Comments
Monday	Planned Rest Day	10.0 miles	Decided to run some miles after Sunday's Zero
Tuesday	6 miles recovery	6.0 miles	Average HR 119
Wednesday	14 miles, 5 x 7 mins. Mod. pace, 2 Mins. between	14.0 miles	Repeats run at 8:15, 7:57, 7:45, 7:50, and 7:54
Thursday	6 miles recovery	6.0 miles	Recovery 10 min/ miles
Friday	10 miles neg. splits	0.0 miles	Decided on a rest day to rest the right calf
Saturday	6 miles easy	6.0 miles	Easy treadmill miles
Sunday	16 miles last 6@MP	16.25 miles	Last 6 at MP were 8:28, 8:25, 8:26, 8:31, 8:24, and 8:23

Totals:	58 miles	58.25 miles	Good week!

Bill

"Some are the strong, silent type. You can't put your finger on exactly what it is they bring to the table until you run without them and then you realize that their steadiness fills a hole that leaks energy in their absence." - Kristin Armstrong

btb1490

posted: 3/17/2008 at 5:19 PM
modified: 3/17/2008 at 5:20 PM

Holly, as always, thanks so much for the time you spend on this thread for us. Smile

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Monday	4 ez	biked to work instead	16 miles
Tuesday	Rest
Wednesday	14 ez
Thursday	6 ez
Friday	14 w/ 10@mp
Saturday	6 ez
Sunday	16 @mp+10%
Total

Running the 2016 Boston Marathon for Children's Hospital

Peter NC

Hill Runner

posted: 3/17/2008 at 9:58 PM
modified: 3/22/2008 at 11:11 PM

Thanks Holly, Sun 26.2 miles (Shamrock Marathon) http://runningahead.com/groups/MastRun/Forum/0364282797134000bd9afaacc09cf545 Mon --- Tur --- Wed 6.13 miles Thur --- Fri --- Sat 10.14 miles Total for the week = 42.47 miles

Upcoming Races:

Boston Marathon, Boston,MA 04/15/13
Grandfather Mountain Marathon,Boone NC 07/14/13
Thunder Road Marathon, Charlotte NC 11/13

predawnrunner

posted: 3/18/2008 at 6:29 AM
modified: 3/23/2008 at 2:54 PM

We're coming down the home stretch now, Holly. Still injury-free and feeling good. Yay!! Thanks a bunch. Oh - and welcome evryday!

Day	Plan	Actual	Comments
Monday	Rest	X-train	30 min upper body weights
Tuesday	7 mi	7.0 mi	10:04 pace
Wednesday	9 mi	9.0 mi	9:48 pace
Thursday	10 mi	10.0 mi	10:08 pace
Friday	Rest	X-Train	30 min upper body weights
Saturday	4 mi	4.0 mi	10:10 pace
Sunday	12 mi	12.1 mi	Progression, 9:24 overall, 8:32 last 3 mi

Totals:	42 mi	42.1 mi	-

aka Mrs. WillRunForBeer, MD, USA

Marathoning, the triumph of desire over reason

SLOjim

posted: 3/18/2008 at 12:57 PM
modified: 3/24/2008 at 10:12 AM

Thanks Holly Smile

This week's plan........

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Sunday	7-8 easy	8.5 easy
Monday	Rest	yes
Tuesday	10-11 med long	10.5
Wednesday	7-8 easy	8 easy	Evening racquetball
Thursday	rest	yes
Friday	7-8 progressive	7.5 easy
Saturday	6 easy	8 progressive
Total	40 - 41	42.5

pfriese

posted: 3/18/2008 at 11:26 PM
modified: 3/23/2008 at 11:29 PM

Many thanks once again Holly.

Day	Miles	Comment
Monday	rest day - Done
Tuesday	8 miles - Done	10:00/mile on treadmill
Wednesday	11.9 miles - Done	9:50/mile
Thursday	3.5 mile hike - Done	nice trail hike with DD
Friday	7.75 miles - Done	9:17/mile
Saturday	19.9 miles - Done	9:30/mile
Sunday	5.1 miles - Done	9:14/mile

Total	52.7 miles	DONE

Paul

Paul's blog

Walt.RB

posted: 3/19/2008 at 8:18 PM
modified: 3/23/2008 at 7:10 PM

M-- T-- Wed--9.8, 1:25.40, 1st 7.6 miles in 1:00:42 Th-- F-- Sat--13.22, 2:03:07 Sun--17.03, 2:59:13, 30 mile weekend with headwinds a bad idea-next year I'll go on an egg hunt. Total: 40.05 Thanks Holly!

Masters Running

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