For those of you who are new, this is the 40/40 thread, for people who are over 40 years old who run or aspire to run 40 miles/week. We give Free Passes to those who come really close or try really hard... Here’s last week’s tally - let me know if I missed anyone. Welcome Slimbo!

Who	Miles	Commentary
Dopple Bock	163	NOT a weekly record? Whew!
Road Shuffler	81	20-miler topping off a good week
Rasmussenmp	77.2	Birch Bay Marathon – beats old course record for 51 yo – nice racing!
Perch	61.8	Best Race Ever!
WillRunForBeer	61.8	PR for weekly mileage!
Hermosaboy	60.6	Sick this week, but still running
JDMom3	60	Back up there after a cutback
Evanflein	54.9	Flirting with hypothermia this week
Mainerunnah	53.88	That’s okay, Bob, I’m late, too.
Holly	52.25	Very sluggish 20-miler this week
Busiman	52	Iffy AT, but nice 21-miler to end the week
Barefoot Rick	51.08	Heard your feet were featured in an article this week
BCMorant	49	LR on Wednesday. Is that a work day?
PeterNC	48.72	20-miler to start the week
SLOJim	44.24	Not quite back, but getting there
MrPHinNJ	43.8	My cold is all gone, thanks for asking 
Slimbo	41.4	Welcome!
Slo_Hand	36.3	With lots of swimming
Pfriese	Free Pass	Out for a minor surgery

Here’s my schedule for the week. We have an early morning planned Sunday, so I’m doing my LR on Saturday again.

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Monday	2	2 miles	On TM, plus weights and abs
Tuesday	7-9	9 miles	8 x 1/2-mile intervals
Wednesday	6-7	5.7 miles	Easy pace
Thursday	7-10	11.1 miles	With 8 x 1-mile repeats at BQMP, 2 minute recoveries
Friday	0-2	3 miles	Plus weights and abs
Saturday	14+	17.2 miles	With miles 11-14 at BQMP
Sunday	6-8	6 miles	Easy pace on TM
Total	?	54 miles

Is your marathon on a Saturday?

No, the next one is on a Sunday, April 5. Usually I prefer to do my LRs on Sunday, but this time out I seem to have a lot of schedule conflicts with Sunday mornings, in addition to more social events on Saturday nights, so I am doing LRs on Saturdays much more than before. Once outdoor soccer starts, though, I won't have Saturday mornings so available.

Thanks Holly! 8 weeks 'til Boston...time to hunker down. Sun 13.02 Mon- Tue 10.15 Wed - Thur 10.50 Fri 10.53 Sat 44.20 for the week.

Thanks Holly - I gurantee this week will be less than last week - I am hoping for 120 ish - By the end of the week i will be off probation ... and no longer be a 39/40, but a 40/40 person! M 0/5/8 5 was outside - 8 was a progressive up to 11.2 MPH on TM - Legs felt suprisingly good T 0/5/15 5 was outside - 15 on TM did 2x4 minutes at Vo2 max - Then cut is short - I did not have it to give + Weights W 0/7/23 7 was outside, the 23 finished with 24 minutes @ T pace TH 6/5/5 + weights (***END OF PROBATION - IE was 39 now 40) FR 12/0/5 Car troubles - No lunch run when no car - 12 had 10.5 mile long tempo in a tad under 1:08 SA 21/8 SU 12/0 - Freinds showed up unexpected - Did have 5 vodka drinks Total 137

Dopple Bock - thanks for the reply. Good luck in your 24hr event!

Thanks again for keeping us going here Holly. I'm going to have to ask for a pass this week as I have been struggling with a little ache in my right hamstring and achilles and was given advice to take a few days off. While struggling with the thought of actually not runnning for a few days in a row the decision was made for me as I became quite ill Sunday night into Monday and am still recovering. It seems I contracted some sort of intestinal bug that was going around, DW had it last week and the flu shot I got this year sure didn't help! Anyways I'll definitely take a few days off for sure then I'll see about hitting the road again at least by the weekend. MTA: Feeling much better and itching to get out and run so I gave it a go yestserday afternoon: Thursday - 5.02 miles easy - 39:54 - 7:58 - Avg HR 135 Max HR 151 - Sunny & 46° (that 151 peak is something I've noticed with all of my runs...I seem to peak out after the first quart mile or so and then level off, I never went higher than 143 during the rest of the run even running a bit harder the final tenth of a mile or so.) Friday - 6.16 miles - 48:35 - 7:54 - Avg HR 141 Max HR 153 - Cloudy & 50 ° - started out at a nice easy 8:00 pace and finished the last couple a bit harder with a final MP mile at 7:38. Saturday - 8.11 miles - 1:05:24 - 8:04 - Avg HR 135 / Max HR 163 Sunny & 33 ° .5 mile cool down - 4:05 - 8:12 pace Sunday - 11.84 miles - 1:43:14 - 8:44 - Avg HR 129 / Max HR 139 - Clear, windy & 17 degrees - A dog came out of a yard and took me out at about the 4.25 mile mark of this run...he was playing but it still sucked, took my legs right out from under me. Total - 31.6

Thanks Holly.. Finally got our power back. We had no power for about 30 hours thanks to a fresh 20+ inches of new snow... Anyway, here's this week plan... Monday 2/23 - 6 miles easy.... 6 miles Tuesday 2/24 - 12 miles easy.... 12 miles Wednesday 2/25 - 12 miles easy....12 miles Thursday 2/26 - 9/7miles @ tempo.... 7 miles @ tempo (morning run) 6 miles easy (afternoon run) Friday 2/27 - 12 miles easy.... 12 miles Saturday 2/28 - 12 miles easy.... 12 miles Sunday 3/1 - 12 miles easy..... 12 miles (morning run) 10 miles easy....12 miles (afternoon run) Total - 83 miles ... Actual - 91 miles

Put me down for a pass this week. Been fighting a cold and had a relapse Sunday evening (after I cut a 15 miler short due to tight hamstrings). Got home that afternoon and had to hibernate until this morning. No running until at least Saturday! 5.45 miles today to go with 15.55 last Sunday = 20 for the week.