Holly S.

Marathon Maniac #957

posted: 5/9/2011 at 5:44 AM
modified: 5/20/2011 at 5:21 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
Hermosaboy	65.65	Rockin’ HM!
Slo_Hand	54	Not exactly what I call a taper…
Holly	52.1	Got to run with CNYRunner!
Perch	50.4	Nice running streak!
Rasmussenmp	50	Taper week
Breger	46.25	Nice mix-up r
MrPHinNJ	44.5	Trail HM – nice!
Happyfeet	43.5	I run better in warmer weather, to a point.
MikeE	42.6	Run with DS – very nice!
Mainerunnah	42.33	Finally the weather is looking nicer for you up there…
Milk Truck	40.1	Indy HM – strong run – great day!
Tramps	40	I’m assuming here…
Orange Mat	35.4	10K PR – congratulations!
Johnlvs2run	34.3	Barefoot running again
Runnerclay	28.7	New River Marathon!
DfromBG	???
Pfriese	Free Pass	Congratulations on your relay – 1^st in Mixed Master, 3^rd in Master – great job!
Daddyo	???

Here’s my tentative plan for the week. Another big weekend planned – 3 weeks out from my next 50K, but I'll have to make it a Sunday-Monday double LR (which fits since I don't work next Monday). We’ll see how that works out.

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Monday	0	0 miles	P90X Legs and Back, Ab Ripper X
Tuesday	5-7	10.4 miles	6.2 am w/2 at 8:55, 8:43, 4.2 pm
Wednesday	0-3	4.15 miles	Plus 30 min core and upper
Thursday	5-7	5 miles	Easy pace
Friday	0-3	10 miles	P90X Shoulders and Arms, Ab Ripper X wtih 16 x 100m striders
Saturday	5-7	0 miles	P90X Shoulders and Arms
Sunday	20-30	6.15	Long run didn't feel well
Total	?	35.2 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."

mainerunnah

posted: 5/9/2011 at 7:14 AM
modified: 5/16/2011 at 8:24 AM

Thanks Holly:

We are finally starting to seem some nice weather, (not so much rain)! I'm still not too confident that my hip will behave for Saturday's attempt at the Sugarloaf Marathon. Oh well, I guess I can always make this another long run or I could also bag it as we pass the entrance to Sugarloaf Moutain just before mile 12 since we are staying at a friends Condo on the mountain, hmmm probably not a good thing to be thinking about already is it? Undecided

Day	Plan	Actual	Notes
Monday	Rest	Rest	Rest
Tuesday	5 Miles	5 Miles	43:19 (8:40)
Wednesday	5 Miles	5 Miles	45:40 (9:09)
Thursday	7 Miles	7 Miles	1:05:13 (9:20)
Friday	Rest	Rest	Rest
Saturday	3 Miles	Rest	Rest
Sunday	26.2 Miles	26.2 Miles - Sugarloaf Marathon	3:27:21 BQ - 3/24 AG - 91/392 OA This confirms the decision I made to pull back at Boston was the right one and the last minute decision to rest two days prior to this marathon was obviously the right one as well.
Total	46 +/-	43.2 Miles

rasmussenmp

usandtoto-2@msn.com

posted: 5/9/2011 at 8:07 AM
modified: 5/15/2011 at 7:03 PM

Thanks again Holly,

Slightly different taper this time around

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Monday	0	0	rest day - more painting outside
Tuesday	6	6.0	including 7 x 60 sec strides @ 7:03 pace with 120 sec @ 8:00 pace interval
Wednesday	5	5.0
Thursday	0		rest day, DIL BDay
Friday	4	4.0
Saturday	3	3.0
Sunday	26	27.5	Capital City Marathon, lots of hills, rained the whole way.. 3:31:00. includes warmup and cooldown
Total	?	45.5

Marathon Maniac #530 Mike (My Indian name is "Runs for Beer")

runnerclay

Consistently Slow

posted: 5/9/2011 at 8:46 AM
modified: 5/15/2011 at 2:56 PM

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Monday	0	0	Birthday.Back sore,Recovery week. Birthday wish is to recover enough by Friday.
Tuesday	0	0
Wednesday	0	0
Thursday	0	0	Back support is off .Race is a go.I hope.
Friday	26.2	27.0	2/ 3 States Bad Marsh( SC) 5:55:22 B'day wish came true.
Saturday	26.2	26.2	3/ 3 States Twisted Ankle (GA) 6:25:12
Sunday	0	5 + 3.2	Recovery Bib Peach run/walk brunch
Total	52.4	61.6	most miles in a week

Run until the trail runs out.

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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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breger1

posted: 5/10/2011 at 10:38 AM
modified: 5/15/2011 at 7:19 AM

Big week planned - maybe around 50 miles total. I'd like to do 3 key workouts (Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday) but I'll pay attention to how I feel and reduce that to 2 key workouts if necessary.

Bill

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Monday	6	6 miles	Nice and easy with some striders thrown in
Tuesday	5 to 8	5 miles	Nice and easy 9:36 pace. Saving the energy for the workout tomorrow
Wednesday	10 to 12	11.85 miles	4 miles warm up, then 7 x 1/2 mile repeats with 2 minutes recovery between each, then 3 miles cool down. The average of the 1/2 mile repeats was about 3:48 or so. Good One!
Thursday	4	0 miles	Slow recovery planned, but decided to sleep in and catch up. Felt great!
Friday	6 to 8	8 miles	Kept it slow today. 9:55 pace. No energy whatsoever. Tired from the Wed. repeats no doubt.
Saturday	0 to 4	13.45 miles	Decided to make the longer run be Saturday rather than Sunday. A slogfest basically, but it's all good!
Sunday	10 to 13	6.05	Just ran because I wanted to get to 50 miles for the week! Done!
Total	41 to 55	50.35 miles	Big Week. Legs are whipped. One more week of speedwork and tempos and then a short 1 wekk taper.

"Some are the strong, silent type. You can't put your finger on exactly what it is they bring to the table until you run without them and then you realize that their steadiness fills a hole that leaks energy in their absence." - Kristin Armstrong

HermosaBoy

posted: 5/10/2011 at 10:44 AM
modified: 5/14/2011 at 5:07 PM

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Sunday -- AM	16	16	Solid long run!
Monday -- AM	2.5	REST	Storm
Monday -- PM	6	5.9	Miscalculated where to finish...
Tuesday – AM	2.5	4.1
Tuesday – PM	11.5	10.15	Bagged it early, too hot, too humid and frustrated running through storms.
Wednesday -- AM	2.5	4.1
Wednesday -- PM	6	6.2	Fartlek
Thursday -- AM	2.5	REST	Sleepy sleepy
Thursday -- PM	12	10.25	Got to run the first portion with my son who just got home from his freshman year of college.
Friday -- AM	2.5	2.5
Friday -- PM	REST	REST	Wedding -- not mine...
Saturday -- AM	6	6.5	Out in 22:30 and back in 21...
Total	70	65.7	A little short of mileage goal because of the two missed morning runs. Won't complain about the quality though...

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

Rob

Slo

posted: 5/10/2011 at 10:59 AM
modified: 5/17/2011 at 9:55 AM

Day	Plan	Actual	Comments
Mon	0	0	Rest
Tue	5	5.3	Easy -Humid ! -
Wed	7	5.6	some light intervals
Thu	5	7	Easy
Fri	7	5	some light tempo's
Sat	4	3.5	Very Easy
Sun	26.2	26.2	Make it Hurt ! -- Didn't Hurt at All !! --
Total		52.7

Mike E

MM #5615

posted: 5/10/2011 at 11:20 AM
modified: 5/16/2011 at 12:07 PM

That dang TC 1 Mile race is messing up my whole schedule. This schedule is subject to change...

Day	Plan	Actual	Comment
Monday	8	8.2	59:30--took it easy--did a couple striders after
Tuesday	0	0
Wednesday	3	3.2	22:35--easy--a couple striders after
Thursday	4	6	TC 1 Mile--5:26.3--2 mile warm-up and 3 mile cool-down
Friday	12	12.1	1:27:24--didn't feel too bad
Saturday	0	0
Sunday	13	5.3 + 5.4	5.3 in 37:20--soccer practice--5.4 in 39:35
Total	40	40.2	Whew! Just made it.

Happyfeet

posted: 5/10/2011 at 2:49 PM
modified: 5/16/2011 at 2:33 PM

Now have to repeat last week a few more times, and I'll be half way ready for grandfather.

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Monday	3-4	4.5	Few strides at end
Tuesday	5-6	5	6 X 400 Intervals
Wednesday	3-5	3.5	On TM, no hills
Thursday	6-8	8	Holly is right, humid/80+ is not running weather
Friday	0-3	0	-
Saturday	12-14	0	-
Sunday	3-4	9	trails
Total	38-42	30	Best laids plans of Mice and Men

OrangeMat

MM #6177

posted: 5/10/2011 at 3:54 PM
modified: 5/15/2011 at 10:08 AM

Thanks Holly. Definitely a pass requested for this week for me... bring on the relay!!

day	plan	actual	comments
Monday	short EZ run, yoga	3 recovery miles, PM yoga class	10:34 pace
Tuesday	PM track w/o (more for social reasons than anything else)	2.5x(4x300m), 5.5 miles in total	7:50 avg pace for the repeats felt easy!
Wednesday	??	6.3 miles AM, 2.5 miles PM	finally tested out the headlamp
Thursday	tempo w/o?? who am I kidding? I need to pack!	final shopping and packing
Friday	race day! 4.3 miles mid-day, 4.9 miles midnight	4.71 miles for leg #1 (plus tiny w/u jog), 4.95 miles for leg #2	Garmin misfired then died, so I'm guessing 8:35 average pace for both
Saturday	race day! 3.9 miles AM	3.9 miles for leg #3	ran watchless, so prolly 8:45 pace
Sunday	sleep!!	resting!
totals	??	30.86 miles, 1x yoga	after all that, hardly a big mileage week, heh!

who says life doesn't have a soundtrack?

perchcreek

i'm lovin' it... MM#1949

posted: 5/15/2011 at 10:06 AM
modified: 5/15/2011 at 10:09 AM

Thanks Holly!

With over 40 hours of tiling for my bathroom reno job... this turned into a stepback week... just tired!

Day	Plan	Actual	Diff	Comment
Mon	3	3	--	slooooo w/ dogs
Tues	7	7	--	8:26
Wed	7	7	--	8:20
Thurs	7	7	--	8:00
Fri	6	6	--	8:54
Sat	5	5	--	8:45
Sun	15	8		8:43, 64 dew point, yuk
Total	50	43		8:36 avg Made page one of the 2000 pace bunny when Dopple Bock hit 2000 miles YTD this week! [Slo's goal I piggybacked]

Perch's Profile "I don't know if running adds years to your life, but it definitely adds life to your years." - Jim Fixx "The secret is to make in your mind possible what was not possible before. The secret is to make easy what was difficult, instead to make difficult what really is easy." - Coach Renato Canova

johnlvs2run

10k in 1975

posted: 5/15/2011 at 7:10 PM
modified: 5/15/2011 at 7:11 PM

Thank you, Holly. Smile

7.2 .. reps from 20" to 2' on grass every day

6.9

7.0

8.1

7.8

1.8 .. tired

1.8 .. ran easy, worked in garden

40.6

DennisLey

MM #7877

posted: 5/15/2011 at 9:57 PM

I had 43 miles this week. Feels good to hit 40 after a week vacation then a week of being sick.

Philippians 4:13.

Tramps

posted: 5/16/2011 at 9:26 AM

About 42 miles this week, but crazy busy so I didn't get to post.

Be safe. Be kind.

milktruck

an amazing likeness

posted: 5/16/2011 at 9:34 AM
modified: 5/16/2011 at 9:34 AM

A fairly straight-forward and uneventful mileage report this week -- nothing really long, nothing really fast, nothing really slow -- which is a good thing...

Monday	5
Tuesday	6.5
Wednesday	6.5
Thursday	7.6
Friday	4.5
Saturday	10.1
Sunday	9.1

49.3 for the week, I suppose I should have realized where I was an found another 0.7 to get to 50, but that's just padding the log for appearances.

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