Holly S.

Marathon Maniac #957

posted: 7/27/2015 at 5:56 AM
modified: 8/3/2015 at 5:28 AM

For those of you who are new, this is the 40/40 thread, for people who are over 40 years old who run 40 miles/week or more. We give Free Passes to those who come really close or try really hard...

Here’s what I have for last week’s tally.

Who	Miles	Commentary
Hermosaboy	68.5	Sticky running
Subdood	65.2	Last week of base building
Mike	51.6	Starting MCM training
Runnerclay	49	Heat training
Happy Feat	49	Nice 22-miler!
Holly S	45.8	Time to get the mileage up
Opie	40.2	Moved into a new house!
Alexander R	Free Pass	Recovery week
DennisLey	Free Pass	Still healing up

Here is my tentative plan this week.

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Monday	0 miles	0 miles	Easy pace
Tuesday	4-6 miles	5.25	Easy pace
Wednesday	4-6 miles	5.1	Easy pace
Thursday	4-6 miles	6.5 miles	Fartleks
Friday	0-3 miles	2.5 miles	Plus weights and core
Saturday	5-7 miles	5.1 miles	Easy pace
Sunday	14-18 miles	15.8 miles	Long run, wave run
Total		40.25 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."

HappyFeat

posted: 7/27/2015 at 3:43 PM
modified: 8/2/2015 at 4:58 PM

Day Plan Done

Mon 7 7

Tues 6 7

Wed 10 10 (7 tempo)

Thurs 4 4 (the EZ run that wasn't)

Fri WHY am I so tired??

Sat 8 8 -- peaceful, uneventful, enjoyable -- another milestone

(first time solo, hope the cougar don't get me! although to be honest I'm more concerned about an unexpected injury - think Dave Mackey!)

Sun trail HM 13.6 on the Garmin which usually measures short on trail

Total: 49.6

Don't make excuses for why you can't get it done.

Focus on all the reasons why you must make it happen.

HermosaBoy

posted: 7/27/2015 at 8:50 PM
modified: 8/2/2015 at 2:55 PM

Thank you Holly!!!

DAY	PLAN	ACTUAL	COMMENTS
Monday	11	11.15	Includes 2x1 Mile @ 5kish pace and 4x800 a little faster...
Tuesday	8	8.1	Soupy...
Wednesday	6 am 6 pm	9 3.3
Thursday	10	10.25	Includes 15, 10 and 5 minute intervals at goal Marathon pace with 3:00 recovery
Friday	6	6.5	Going to Hermosa...
Saturday	8	8.25
Sunday	14	14	Includes 6 miles @ 6:36ish pace in the middle.
TOTAL	69	70.5

And you can quote me as saying I was mis-quoted. Groucho Marx

Rob

Mike E

MM #5615

posted: 7/27/2015 at 9:13 PM
modified: 8/2/2015 at 6:20 PM

Thanks Holly! Here's the plan...

DAY	PLAN	ACTUAL	COMMENTS
Monday	7 (3 Speed)	7.7	59:11--including 4x1200 in 4:19-4:21-4:27-4:33--it was thick out there!
Tuesday	Rest	0
Wednesday	11 (7 Tempo)	10.0	1:10:06--including 7 in 46:43
Thursday	6	6.7	49:58
Friday	10	10.0	1:18:19
Saturday	10	10.0	1:22:56
Sunday	6	6.0	48:49
TOTAL	50	50.4

Opie

posted: 7/28/2015 at 10:44 AM
modified: 8/4/2015 at 1:29 PM

I need a free pass this week-running the Wild West Relay. We're driving up early and resting. I've logged 9.45 mi. yesterday and today so that's not bad. I'll be back to 40 or really close next week because training for the St. George Marathon continues!

Ended up with 27.5 miles, with the last several miles climbing up to the Continental Divide at Rabbit Ears Pass!

"I didn’t run a race until I was 41 and that was a marathon! Let that sink in for a minute." -me

runnerclay

Consistently Slow

posted: 7/28/2015 at 4:14 PM
modified: 8/2/2015 at 4:50 PM

DAY	PLAN	ACTUAL	COMMENTS
Monday	6	0
Tuesday	3	6.4
Wednesday	3	0
Thursday	6	0
Friday	0	4.6	Bike ridePM ride 11 miles
Saturday	4	6.2
Sunday	26.2	50K	Hot To Trot 8 h
TOTAL	48.2	49.2

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Run until the trail runs out.

SCHEDULE 2016--

The pain that hurts the worse is the imagined pain. One of the most difficult arts of racing is learning to ignore the imagined pain and just live with the present pain (which is always bearable.) - Jeff

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SubDood

posted: 7/28/2015 at 5:12 PM
modified: 8/2/2015 at 5:13 PM

Thanks, Holly!

DAY	PLAN	ACTUAL	COMMENTS
Monday	7 Fartlek	7.0 miles	Couple hills, couple short strides, mostly jogged.
Tuesday	9 Interval	8.5 miles	4 x 1 mile on Treadmill at 6:40 pace
Wednesday	11 Aerobic	12.0 miles	Humidity dropped, very comfortable running.
Thursday	9 Interval	9.0 miles	12 x 400m at ~6:00 pace (~1:30 each)
Friday	OFF	0 miles	Rest
Saturday	12 PCR	14.0 miles	10 @7:13 pace, +2 w/u, 2 c/d
Sunday	20 Long	19.0 miles	8:10 average pace
TOTAL	68 miles	69.5 miles	First week of Intervals/Anaerobic stuff

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Alexander R

posted: 8/2/2015 at 5:14 PM

Thanks, Holly!

Mon 16.5 mi (2:50)

Tue 11.5 mi (1:53)

Wed 12.2 mi (1:55)

Thu 14 mi (2:33)

Fri 0

Sat 5 mile race (32:05) with 2 mile warmup

Sun 14.1 mi (2:27)

Total: 75 miles (12 hrs 33 min)

I'm still trying to recover from Vermont 100k.

And quite obviously I'm in no condition to race.

At 49 it takes a very long time to recover from anything.

And I really, really did not want to race. But

on Sat I absolutely had to show up for the NYRR

Team Championships. We needed to have at least

5 guys to get scored in the 40+ category. So, well,

I was one of them. My advice to you: do not attempt

to run 6-min pace two weeks after completing a 100k.

Bad idea!

Masters Running

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