RunningAHEAD - Topic: 40/40 Thread for Week Ending 4/12/15

Holly S.

Marathon Maniac #957

posted: 4/6/2015 at 5:40 AM
modified: 4/13/2015 at 5:30 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
Alexander	72	Heck-of-a weekend
SubDood	56.3	25K PR – nice!
Mike E	46	Heading for taper
DennisLey	44.8	Nice March miles
Opie	42.8	High altitude running
Holly	33.3	Running again!

Still not sure of my plan this week.

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Monday	? miles	2 miles	Plus weights and core
Tuesday	? miles	6 miles	Feeling better
Wednesday	? miles	1.5 miles	Plus weights and core.
Thursday	? miles	5.05 miles	Outside!
Friday	? miles	6 miles	In the wind
Saturday	? miles	15 miles	Long run
Sunday	13.1 miles	5 miles	Xenia HM - volunteered instead
Total		40.55

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: 4/6/2015 at 8:41 AM
modified: 4/12/2015 at 6:05 PM

Thank You once again Holly Smile

M - 8.5 m. 8:53 pace.

T - 7.2 m. 1 m. WU. / 5K run / 5K run.

W - 5 m. Recovery pace.

T - 10.5 m. Warmer Smile Windy Sad

F - OFF - Hockey Smile

S - 8 m. - EZ 9:40 - 9:30 paced miles.

S - 12 m. 9:16 pace. (Didnt run Xenia. Trying not to stress some pain I have had).

Total - 51.2 miles. - 21 consecutive 40x40's Smile

Philippians 4:13.

SubDood

posted: 4/7/2015 at 11:44 AM
modified: 4/12/2015 at 6:58 PM

Thanks, Holly!

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Monday	0	1 mile	Stretch, foam-roll, lacrosse ball, jog, etc.
Tuesday	11 Aerobic	10.2 miles	Progression to ~ 7:30 pace for 3 miles
Wednesday	8 Aerobic	5.6 miles	Easy (8:30-ish) ... mis-read the schedule!
Thursday	11 Intervals	10.1 miles	Intervals: 6 x 1200m @ 6:20, 800m jogs
Friday	5 Jog	5.6 miles	Jog + Strides
Saturday	16 Long	16.7 miles	Long Run (progression, 7:30 for last 3)
Sunday	8 Aerobic	8.3 miles	Easy + Strides
Total	59 miles	57.5 miles

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Opie

posted: 4/7/2015 at 5:03 PM
modified: 4/13/2015 at 1:07 PM

Another fun week!

Monday..............Plyo/core class...................................done-2.3 miles running & plenty of other harder stuff

Tuesday beer day....a.m.-group short run; p.m. group tempo run, then beer at home...............done-7.9

Wednesday.......a.m.-group 6-mile run........................................................................................done-5.8

Thursday...........group short run..................................................................................................done-4.1

Friday................bike ride & short solo run...................................................................................done-4.6 hilly

Saturday............bike ride & Intervals.......done-alternating 400m@ 10k goal race pace + 1200m about MP-4.8

Sunday..............group long run 11-12 miles...............................................................................done-10.8

Total..................42-44.................................................................................................................mostly done-40.3

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

Mike E

MM #5615

posted: 4/7/2015 at 8:01 PM
modified: 4/13/2015 at 9:22 AM

Thanks Holly! It's taper week.

Day	Plan	Actual	Comment
Monday	5 Easy	5.8	46:00--I didn't want the week to end with .2 miles
Tuesday	Rest	0	0
Wednesday	6 Easy	6.0	47:12
Thursday	Rest	0
Friday	6 Easy	5.0	Ran for 40 minutes around our hotel and am calling it 5 miles
Saturday	Rest	0
Sunday	26.2	26.2	3:09:50 Downtown River Run Reno NV
Total	43.2	43.0

TanB at

posted: 4/12/2015 at 9:18 PM

(I've been slack on reporting in 40-40, but it's been all but one week this year at 40+)

This week, 44 capped of with half marathon.

6, 6, 7 (with 4X3 min reps), 6, rest, 4, and half in 1:22:37, 1st in age group, 19th overall.

KellyDodge

Just a dude.

posted: 4/13/2015 at 12:01 PM

I ended up with 42.9 for the week, including a fartlek, a fairly quick long run, and some strides. Things are finally close to back to normal I think.

Thanks!

-Kelly

Getting back in shape... Just need it to be a skinnier shape...

TanB at

posted: 4/13/2015 at 8:02 PM

Quote from Mike E on 4/7/2015 at 8:01 PM:

Thanks Holly! It's taper week.

Day

Plan

Actual

Comment

Monday

5 Easy

5.8

46:00--I didn't want the week to end with .2 miles

Tuesday

Rest

0

0

Wednesday

6 Easy

6.0

47:12

Thursday

Rest

0

Friday

6 Easy

5.0

Ran for 40 minutes around our hotel and am calling it 5 miles

Saturday

Rest

0

Sunday

26.2

26.2

3:09:50 Downtown River Run Reno NV

Total

43.2

43.0

Congrats on you marathon, that's a good time especially coming up from sea level!

Alexander R

posted: 4/13/2015 at 9:31 PM

Thanks, Holly!

Mon 0
Tue, Wed 8 mi (1:03, 0:58) treadmill
Thu 6.9 mi (1:03), central park
Fri, Sat 0
Sun 9.5 miles (57:51), Cherry Blossom "10 miler"

Total: 32 miles ( 4 hrs)

The Cherry Blossom 10 miler was perfect this year.
Excellent weather, all the cherry trees in full bloom,
and I ran my dream time of 57 minutes. A PR for sure,
but not because of the fast time, but because the course
was half a mile short due to a car accident. So it was
an automatic PR, my first time racing a not-too-popular
distance of 9.47 miles. The only real outcome was 3rd
in the AG (out of 727)

Seriously, I used to dream of running this exact time
for 10 miles. And now I got it! Oh, the irony

SubDood

posted: 4/13/2015 at 10:18 PM

What a great week!

Masters Running

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