Marathon Maniac #957
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
SubDood
73.7
Nice week!
Alexander
67
TM miles these days
DennisLey
52.4
Icy these days
Holly
40.2
Just barely
Opie
40.1
Welcome back!
KellyDodge
Free Pass
Still healing
Here’s my tentative plan for the week. We’re going to KY for an overnight Saturday, so I may not be able to run. We’ll see.
Day
Plan
Actual
Monday
0-3 miles
0 miles
Weights and core
Tuesday
4-6 miles
4.2 miles
Easy pace, plus body blast class
Wednesday
0-6 miles
4.4 miles
?? Will see how knee feels
Thursday
18 miles
Long run
Friday
5-7 miles
6.2 miles
Recovery pace
Saturday
Bourbon Trail
Sunday
5-6 miles
Recovery
Total
32.8 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."
MM #7877
Hoping to run Myrtle Beach Marathon this weekend...
M - 3 m.
T - Unscheduled Off Day.
W - 6.5 m. EZ.
T - Travel Day
F - 5K + 0.5 jog afterwards.
S - 26.2 - Myrtle Beach Marathon 3:40
S - 1.7 m. Recovery.
Total - 41 miles
Philippians 4:13.
Consistently Slow
Thanks Holly
I am back.Hopefully.
Mon-----0-----0
Tue-----3-----4
Wed----0----5.1
Thu-----5-----0
Fri------2-----0
Sat----4-----2
Sun---26.2---26.2------------Yeti Heartbreak marathon
Total ---40.2---------37.2
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
http://bkclay.blogspot.com/
Hoping to be back in again!
Monday......Plyometrics & core class + short easy run............................done-5.5 miles
Tuesday....Tempo group run, maybe 4 with warm up & cool down.........done-4.2 miles
Wednesday......7 miles easy....................................................................done-7.1 miles
Thursday......short easy group run...........................................................done-4.1 miles
Friday.................6 miles easy.......................................................mostly done-5.2 miles
Saturday or Sunday.........long run, maybe 12..........................................done-12 miles
the other day......short easy run.................................................group trail run-6.3 miles
Total..........................................................................................................44.4 miles
"I didn’t run a race until I was 41 and that was a marathon! Let that sink in for a minute." -me
Thanks, Holly! Really sorry to hear about the pit bull. I hope all is OK.
(I started carrying pepper spray on certain routes after reading an RA thread about dog attacks.)
Rest
0 mile
done
8 Easy
8.1 miles
8 mi TM + strides
12 Aer
12.0 miles
TM
5 Jog
5.0 miles
11 Aer
11.3 miles
not
14 Long
14.0 miles
55 mi
50.4 mi
Birkie XC Ski Race, February 21, 2015, 54 55 km (if there's any snow to ski on).
(They just added 1 km to the course, because 54 KM apparently wasn't enough!)
Thanks, Holly!
Mon 9 mi (1:12) treadmill
Tue 8 mi (1:04) treadmill
Wed 10 mi (1:12) treadmill
Thu 10 mi (1:22) treadmill
Fri 8 mi (0:59) treadmill
Sat 13 mi (1:56) treadmill
Sun 7 mi (1:04) treadmill
Total: 65 miles ( 8 hrs 48 min)
it was very cold outside, so yes
an all-treadmill week. have not had
one of those in a while