RunningAHEAD - Topic: 40/40 Thread for Week Ending 9/27/15

Holly S.

Marathon Maniac #957

posted: 9/21/2015 at 5:20 AM
modified: 9/27/2015 at 4:47 PM

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
Alexander R	82	Nice week
Hermosaboy	71.75	Taper time
Mike	60.4	Nice ultra – 34.6 in 6 hours
Subdood	54.5	Now taper begins
DennisLey	53.5	Air Force Marathon!
Pfriese	40	On the nose
Holly S	26.9	PF issues, so taking it easy

Here is my tentative plan this week.

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Monday	0-3 miles	0 miles	Rest day
Tuesday	4-6 miles	4.3 miles	Easy pace
Wednesday	4-6 miles	4 miles	Easy pace
Thursday	0 miles	0 miles	Weights and core
Friday	4-6 miles	3 miles	Easy pace, plus weights and core
Saturday	4-6 miles	4.45 miles	Easy pace
Sunday	20 miles	15 miles	Long run
Total		30.8 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."

DennisLey

MM #7877

posted: 9/21/2015 at 7:19 AM
modified: 9/27/2015 at 7:39 PM

Thank you Holly! We say it every week, but just want to let you know we appreciate the accountability thread.

Grand Lake Half Marathon week. I'm the 2 hr pace group leader, so it should be fun Smile

M - Rest

T - 9.2 m.

W - 9.3 m.

T - 9.6 m.

F - 3 m. Shake Out jog.

S - 13.1 m. Grand Lake Half-Marathon 2 hr pacer Smile

S - 5 m.

Total - 49.2 m.

Philippians 4:13.

SubDood

posted: 9/21/2015 at 10:51 AM
modified: 9/27/2015 at 11:53 AM

Thanks, Holly!

DAY	PLAN	ACTUAL	COMMENTS
Monday	5 "50/50s"	5.7 miles	16 x 50m/50m Sprint/Float in 6:15, plus w/u and c/d.
Tuesday	7 Fartlek	7.4 miles	3 hill repeats, 5 hard runs of 30-60 secs, all else easy.
Wednesday	10 Aerobic	8.2 miles	On dirt trail during lunch break; felt easy.
Thursday	4 Jog	4.0 miles	36 minutes on elliptical at work.
Friday	Rest	0.0 miles
Saturday	7 Time Trial	7.2 miles	Local 5K race, plus w/u and c/d. 18:54, 3rd OA. Pacing plan courtesy of HermosaBoy.
Sunday	9 Jog	9.0 miles	Jog
TOTAL	42 miles	41.5 miles	1st week of 2-week Taper.

Enjoying the taper!

< 2 weeks until Twin Cities Marathon.

HermosaBoy

posted: 9/21/2015 at 12:27 PM
modified: 9/27/2015 at 6:11 PM

Thanks Holly!!!

DAY	PLAN	ACTUAL	COMMENTS
Monday	2 AM 8 PM	3.0 AM 6.25 PM
Tuesday	8	8.25	Easy
Wednesday	10	10.0	6x 1k @ Goal Race Pace
Thursday	10	9.5	EASY
Friday	8	8.0	EASY
Saturday	6-8	3.65	Easy while at XC Meet My girls team finished 2nd in a tie breaker but was only 3 points from first. Beat some quality teams in the process.
Sunday	12	12	Last 4 @ Goal Race Pace -- now to get to the race in the right mindset...
TOTAL	66	60.65

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

Rob

Mike E

MM #5615

posted: 9/21/2015 at 8:29 PM
modified: 9/27/2015 at 4:11 PM

Thanks Holly! Here's the plan for the week...

DAY	PLAN	ACTUAL	COMMENTS
Monday	10 (6 Strength)	10.0	1:10:06--including 2x3 under 19:25
Tuesday	Rest	0
Wednesday	13 (9 Tempo)	13.0	1:31:07--including 9 in 59:27
Thursday	6	6.1	48:36
Friday	10	10.0	1:18:05
Saturday	10	10.0	1:15:34
Sunday	8	8.0	1:03:55
TOTAL	57	57.1

Mike E

MM #5615

posted: 9/26/2015 at 10:18 PM

Hey Dennis--how did you do with the pacing? Were you right on?

Alexander R

posted: 9/27/2015 at 9:28 PM
modified: 9/27/2015 at 9:39 PM

Thanks, Holly!

The official distance for the 6hr run

turned out to be 35.2 miles, so

not as bad as I thought. On a small

loop course Garmin tends to cut corners,

so it makes sense it comes up short

Mon 0

Tue 11.5 mi (2:01)

Wed 11.7 mi (1:56)

Thu 13.3 mi (2:06)

Fri 0

Sat 23.1 mi (3:22)

Sun 11.8 mi (2:08)

Total: 71 miles (11 hrs 34 min)

Finally managed to do a real

long run this week.

Not a race, not a group run, just

a solo training effort.

Masters Running

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