RunningAHEAD - Topic: 40/40 Thread for Week Ending 8/16/15

Holly S.

Marathon Maniac #957

posted: 8/10/2015 at 5:55 AM
modified: 8/18/2015 at 7:18 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	89.8	Don’t be a slave to numbers when yours are so good already
Subdood	66.6	Scary number, this is why you kissed your sister maybe
Hermosaboy	66	Almost a scary number
Mike	47	Mikey runs!
Holly S	44.6	1^st 20-miler of the cycle
Opie	40.4	Nice mix-it-up week
Happy Feat	29	Sore , but rested and got that LR in

Here is my tentative plan this week.

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Monday	0 miles	0 miles	Weights and core
Tuesday	4-6 miles	5.5 miles	Easy pace
Wednesday	4-6 miles	5.75 miles	Fartlek
Thursday	4-6 miles	6.35 miles	Easy pace
Friday	14-16 miles	13 miles	Long run
Saturday	? miles	3.5 miles	Visiting friends
Sunday	? miles	0 miles	Visiting friends
Total		34.1 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."

SubDood

posted: 8/10/2015 at 4:37 PM
modified: 8/16/2015 at 12:15 PM

Thanks, Holly!

DAY	PLAN	ACTUAL	COMMENTS
Monday	7 Fartlek	7.1 miles	mostly jogging ... chased by dog!
Tuesday	9 Interval	10.0 miles	4 x 1 mile ~6:40 pace
Wednesday	11 Aerobic	11.4 miles	8:04 avg pace. No dog chase.
Thursday	9 Interval	9.0 miles	6 x 800m in ~3:05 on TM at work.
Friday	OFF	0 miles	Rest day
Saturday	10 PCR	12.0 miles	12 total, w/ 10 mi @ 7:14 pace
Sunday	20 Long	21.0 miles	2:50:46. My longest training run.
TOTAL	66 miles	70.5 miles	Third week of Intervals/Anaerobic stuff

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HermosaBoy

posted: 8/10/2015 at 4:50 PM
modified: 8/16/2015 at 4:56 PM

Thanks Holly!!!

Last week of free time before work and cross country season starts. Scheduling is about to get hectic...

DAY	PLAN	ACTUAL	COMMENTS
Monday	8	8.15	Easy...
Tuesday	11	11.16	Includes 5 x 1 Mile @ 6:03/mi. average.
Wednesday	6 am 4 pm	7.1 3.4	Easy...
Thursday	10	10.04	Warm-up -- 3 miles in 22:41.09 10 x 1:00 on -- 1.8 miles in 10:00 (5:34 average) Recovery of 1:00 off -- 1.01 miles in 10:00 Cool-down -- 4.21 miles in 31:40.47
Friday	6 am 4 pm	8 am	Easy...
Saturday	6	6.15	Includes 6x100 strides
Sunday	15k Race	14.1	Includes brutal 15k race. Plan was to get faster every 5k. Worked for the first two, but fell apart during mile 8. Too hot/humid and I started to feel like I was overheating too much. Oh well...
TOTAL	70	70.1

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

Rob

Mike E

MM #5615

posted: 8/10/2015 at 9:40 PM
modified: 8/13/2015 at 8:07 PM

Thanks Holly! Here's the plan.

DAY	PLAN	ACTUAL	COMMENTS
Monday	7 (3 Speed)	7.7	58:28 -- including 3x1600 in 5:56.50 - 5:52.57 - 5:58.10
Tuesday	Rest	0
Wednesday	11	11.0	1:29:42
Thursday	6	6.0	47:53
Friday	10
Saturday	0
Sunday	15K		If I can still sign up, I'm doing a 15k
TOTAL	43.3	24.7

HappyFeat

posted: 8/10/2015 at 10:39 PM
modified: 8/16/2015 at 7:28 PM

Day Plan Done

Tues 7 7

Wed 9 7

Thurs 7 7

Sat 10 11 trail (Got attacked by territorial biting bees that latched onto my legs and had to be pulled off- yeow! They were feeding on a dead mole as I ran by.)

Sun 10 10 road, then went to Urgent Care and got started on antibiotics for bee bite. Man, my leg hurts!

Total: 42

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

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

Opie

posted: 8/11/2015 at 5:11 PM
modified: 8/17/2015 at 12:52 PM

Have a plan in my head but guess it's not a real plan until it's written down.

Monday..........bike ride with friends..........................................................done-Bike And Brew-13.4 mi.

Tuesday...a.m. group run; p.m. run in the desert with our dog.............both done-5.8 mi.

Wednesday....6.5 mi. (4 x 0.5 mi. hard in the middle).....done (shorter cool down)-5.8 again! + p.m. bike 16.8

Thursday.........group run.............................................................................2 solo runs instead-5.6

Friday..............6 mi. easy.............................................................................done-5.9 hilly

Saturday.........15 mi. long run.....................................................................bonked & had heel pain-13.3

Sunday...........4 mi.........................................................................................rest

Total................41............................................................................................36.2 run miles & 30.2 bike miles

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

SubDood

posted: 8/16/2015 at 12:10 PM

Quote from HappyFeat on 8/10/2015 at 10:39 PM:

Sat 10 11 trail (Got attacked by territorial biting bees that latched onto my legs and had to be pulled off- yeow! They were feeding on a dead mole as I ran by.)

Youch! I get attacked by biting flies when I run on trails, but I can usually swat them away before they bite. Biting bees that latch on ... that's tough!

Alexander R

posted: 8/16/2015 at 10:48 PM

Thanks, Holly!

Mon 13.4 mi (2:14)
Tue 15.2 mi (2:42)
Wed 15 mi (2:51)
Thu 15.6 mi (2:54)
Fri 0
Sat 11.7 mi (1:55)
Sun 14.1 mi (2:09)

Total: 85 miles (14hrs 45 min)

just jogging, no rhyme, no reason.
hoped to do a weekend long run,
but it did not happen

Masters Running

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