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
Alexander
81
Another excellent week
Mike E
80
Another super long weekend
A Trackrat
67
Trip to Kodiak with x-country team
SubDood
66.0
Intervals and tempo
Runnerclay
59.3
Snakebite 50-miler – congratulations!
KellyDodge
59.2
Every day
C-R
57.8
Got ‘er done
Pfriese
54.4
Nice 5k race!
IBleedUnionBlue
53.8
Nice HM!
Holly
50.8
Slow and humid running
Tramps
46
In the heat
Opie
40.3
In new home
Here’s my tentative plan for the week.
Day
Plan
Actual
Monday
? miles
7.2 miles
Easy pace, plus lower body weights
Tuesday
0-3 miles
0 miles
Upper weights and core
Wednesday
4-6 miles
5.2 miles
Fartleks
Thursday
3 miles
Easy pace
Friday
Rest day
Saturday
2-3 miles
1.8 miles
With striders
Sunday
26.2 miles miles
26.2 miles
Canton City Marathon
Total
43.4 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 #5615
Thanks Holly! Thankfully, this is the last tough week before the VT50. These back to back long runs are killing me.
Comment
Rest
0
9 (6 x 1 TMP)
10.2
1:12:50 + crunches and stretches
5 Easy
2.0
16:18 + crunches and stretches
9 (3 at MP)
9.0
1:07:22 (including 3 miles in 20:04) + crunches and stretches
4 Hours
26.2
4:00:04 + crunches and stretches
5 Hours
31.1
5:00:33 + crunches and stretches
40+
78.5
Thank you, Holly! Good luck on your upcoming marathon!
Here is this week's plan:
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Just a dude.
Thanks. Hoping to get over 60 this week. Got a bit of a plan for the next couple weeks.
M - 2 Warmup - 4 tempo - 2 cooldown
T - 4.7 Easy @ Lunch / 6.4 + 6x Hill Charge (3.8/6 - Strides)
W- 10 Easy (10 Easy)
T - 8.6 Fartlek (8 Fartlek)
F - 3.8 Easy @ Lunch / 3.5 warm up - Drills & Stride - 3.5 Cool Down (3.8/6)
S - 15.6 Long (15.5 Long)
S - 6.3 Easy (6 Easy - Strides)
Total: 70.6
-Kelly
Getting back in shape... Just need it to be a skinnier shape...
Consistently Slow
Thanks Holly
6
Thurday
8
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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MM #7877
I'm out this week. Getting a suspicious mole taken off my lower right calf today. Will have stitches and not allowed to run for a couple days.
Update 9.2.14 - Went to get the mole removed, Doctor said his gut feel was that it was benign and asked if I had any big runs coming up. He said it can wait to come off until after the Marine Corp Marathon. Rescheduled removal and I dont lose 10 days of training time. So I'm back in on the 40x40 this week...
M - Rest & Recovery day.
T - 8.3 m Recovery pace after Sunday Half Marathon.
W - 11.3 m. Nice run on a beautiful day!
T - 9.7 m.
F - 6.1 m.
S - 2 m.
S - 18 m. Good pace for a solitary long run.
Total - 55.4 miles.
Philippians 4:13.
Good luck with that IBUB....I hope everything turns out okay.
Great news!
Thank You Mike. I was really pleased that it can wait till after Marine Corps Marathon.
Thanks Holly.
Let's see if I can keep up the runstreak with travel.
M - 7.5 miles
T - 3 miles
W - 4.6 miles
Th - 5.8 miles
F - 16 miles
Sa - 6.9 miles
Su - 6.4 miles
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Total - 50.2 miles
Paul
Paul's blog
Wow, SubDood--you already have over 51 miles and you haven't even done your 1/2 marathon, yet...nice. Hey--good luck, tomorrow. I would have loved to have done this race--I have done a few of the 25k's and always wished it was only a half--but I'm training for this dang 50 miler.
My marathon is 4 weeks from today so it's time to take it back up a notch.
Monday.....................................................................................6 miles easy
Tuesday.....................................................6.3 miles warm up, intervals & cool down
Wednesday........................................................7 miles easy, starting to explore the trails
Thursday....................................................3 miles with Thirsty Thursday group & beers after
Friday.........................................................6 miles easy
Saturday.....................................................4 miles, exploring desert trails more
Sunday....Group long run...........................17 miles
Total........49 miles?.....................................49.3
Found out nobody in the running group is really training for a marathon (except me). The local marathon is in December (although there is a new one called Run Then Wine in a couple of weeks).
"I didn’t run a race until I was 41 and that was a marathon! Let that sink in for a minute." -me
Mike -- I've been looking at your weekends and they look absolutely brutal! You ran a marathon (distance) yesterday, which means you are probably in the middle of a 32-miler today! That is awesome stuff -- I can't wait to hear how the VT50 goes. After today, I imagine you taper. But what does that mean for an ultra? Only 40 miles next weekend? I plan to do one ultra next summer -- the Afton Trail 50K. A baby ultra, perhaps, but not an easy one.
Today's 1/2 marathon was a case of me abandoning my plan and probably over-doing it. I had no intention of "racing" it when I started. My plan was to just run easy, have some fun on a nice part of the TCM route on a beautiful day, and maybe pick up the pace at the end. (I am following Hanson's, so I've got some really tough workouts on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Today should've been an easy 10 miles ... ) Anyhow, I was able to run roughly 7:10 pace for most of it without feeling like I was pushing it. I picked it up and ran the last mile at 6:32 pace. I know, pure stupidity on my part. We'll see how my 3 x 2 mile workout goes on Tuesday. At least the heat and humidity have lessened.
very impressive weekends, Mike.
I wish I could run like that
Mon 14.1 mi (2:27)Tue-Fri 10.2 mi (1:40, 1:29, 1:31, 1:27)Sat 9.7 mi (1:55)Sun 14.1 mi (2:38)Total: 78 miles ( 13 hrs 07 min)right achilles started acting upthis week, all runs were as slowas possible
Thanks holly.
Need a pass this week. 4 days of business travel and 12 hour days. 32.4 only but a new 10k course PR on Monday on a tough course was fun.
"He conquers who endures" - Persius "Every workout should have a purpose. Every purpose should link back to achieving a training objective." - Spaniel
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