RunningAHEAD - Topic: 40/40 Thread for Week Ending 6/8/08

Holly S.

Marathon Maniac #957

posted: 6/2/2008 at 9:36 AM
modified: 6/9/2008 at 5:33 AM

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 what I have for last week's tally. Let me know if I missed you or got something wrong.

Who	Miles	Commentary
Twocat	70.13	HM with CNYrunner!
Hermosaboy	70 ish	2 races this week – 5K and 20K.
Ultrachick	62.2	Nipmuck Trail Marathon this week.
CNYrunner	58	HM with Twocat! 1000 miles since February – wow! What about January?
Jim24315	57	2 races this week, a 10K and an 8K. Congrats on the 10K PR!
Perch	55.8	Those hills are going to make you super-strong.
Slojim	51.5	Nice cool LR along the coast.
Holly	49.65	Trying to add more speed and tempo
BCMorant	47.4	New weekly mileage PR!
Biketm	45	151 miles cycling, 1500 yds swimming
PeterNC	43	Ramping up for a fall marathon.
Tetsujin	42.2	All in the same day!
DfromBG	40	Off to Tennessee – have fun!
Slowgino	35	MM #970! Gino – I don’t know what I’ll do with it, but I figured what the heck. Some of the nicest people I know are MMs, so it’s prolly a great club to join.
Breger	32.75	Got to meet Mcsolar!
Pfriese	30.3	73.4 miles cycling
Evenflein	20.6	X-training with lots of gardening (hey, that’s hard work!)
Tallrunner	Back later...	Heading off to kick some butt at the shorter distances – I know you’ll do well, fast guy!

Here's my plan for the week:

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Monday	0	0	Weights and abs
Tuesday	8	10	miles #3, 4, and 5 starting at MP and accelerating to tempo (8:41, 8:24, 8:06)
Wednesday	6	5	Easy pace on the treadmill
Thursday	8	7.75	(3 x 1-mile at 5K effort) with a 2-minute walk in between – mile paces 7:33, 7:32, 7:38.
Friday	0	0	rest day
Saturday	7	7.2	recovery pace
Sunday	12-14	13.1	Miles 2, 4, 5 at MPish, the rest very easy pace
Total	38-42	43.05 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."

Twocat

posted: 6/2/2008 at 9:56 AM
modified: 6/8/2008 at 1:23 PM

Great thread! When did you think of doing this Holly? Ok, just trying to think of some other way to start my post. Smile

Here is the plan for the upcoming week.

Day	Plan	Actual	Forecast	Reality
Monday	10	10.87	6AM, 4PM	6.64 AM, 4.24PM
Tuesday	17	15.23	17 w/ 14 @ MP	Not recovered enough from Sunday’s race to do the 17. Swapping Tuesday’s and Thursday’s runs.
Wednesday	10	0	6 AM, 4PM	Rain, rain go away. Planning to move the run to Saturday.
Thursday	15	17.51		Happy I did not run yesterday. Made this workout quite a bit better. The 14.24m@7:31. Not bad.
Friday	11	11.86		Run with TP. Rain, then lightening, then just cloudy. We were soaked!
Saturday	0	10.07
Sunday	7.1	7.35	5K race AM, 4PM	4.25PM miles.
Total	70.1	72.89

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breger1

posted: 6/2/2008 at 10:41 AM
modified: 6/8/2008 at 8:14 AM

Last week of reverse tapering. I've used up my quota of free passes, I think. I really hope to make 40+ this week.

Day	Plan	Actual	Comments
Monday	Planned Rest Day	0.0 miles	Done!
Tuesday	6 miles recovery	8.0 miles	At MP! 8:41 overall (flipped workouts with Wed.
Wednesday	8 miles GA	6.0 miles	Easy recovery pace 9:40 min/mile.
Thursday	Planned Rest Day	0.0 miles	Done!
Friday	9 miles with 8x100 striders	9.25 miles	Slow. H&H. High HR. Ugh.
Saturday	6 miles easy	6.1 miles	Easy pace on the TM
Sunday	12 miles easy	12 miles	9:33 pace with 4 hill repeats

Totals:	42ish	41.35 miles	Made it to 40 finally!

Bill

"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

evanflein

posted: 6/2/2008 at 10:59 AM
modified: 6/9/2008 at 8:16 PM

Don't know why I keep posting here... 40 seems out of reach these days. Not sure what I'll actually get done later this week. We drive to Anchorage for the first soccer tournament of the season on Thursday, home Sunday. Hope to run on the Coastal Trail while there...

Day	Plan	Actual	Comments
Monday	XT day	0 Miles	Finish that Garden!!
Tuesday	4 miles	6 miles	8:31 avg pace, warmest run so far this year at 73F
Wednesday	6 miles	10 Miles	8:28 avg pace, foot feels pretty good!
Thursday	4 miles	0 miles	Switched rest day; Travel day to Anchorage
Friday	Rest Day	10 miles	Ran along Coastal Trail; Soccer Tournament
Saturday	5-6 miles	5.2 miles	Hilly run from FIL's house before games
Sunday	5-6 miles	0 miles	No run...Driving home after tournament

Totals:	~24-26 Miles	31.2 miles actual total

Runrtim57

Marathon Maniac #3309

posted: 6/2/2008 at 1:22 PM
modified: 6/9/2008 at 7:06 AM

Thinking about a 50 ish miles week....but it's suppose to be real hot here all week, so we shall see....Man, training for a Marathon in the summer is going to be tough. Thanks Holly Smile

Mon - 10 mile tempo run - Not as quick as normal, adapting to the heat - 8:00 pace Tues - 7 Easy miles Weds - 3 Mile recovery run...been tired Thurs - 8.5 easy miles.....hot hot hot out Friday - Rest Sat - No Run - Storms, severe flooding, State of emergency Angry

Sun - 20.5 Miles - 22 miles total but bonked and had to walk the last 1.5 miles home in sweltering heat, so I am not counting the 1.5 walking. Total - 49 miles - tough week adjusting to the heat But I did reach 1000 miles for the year yesterday Smile

Tim

Running has given me the courage to start, the determination to keep trying, and the childlike spirit to have fun along the way - Run often and run long, but never outrun your Joy of running!

BCMorant

I Can Go The Distance

posted: 6/2/2008 at 1:29 PM
modified: 6/8/2008 at 10:09 AM

Holly, My plan is for another 47 mile week. BTW, I'm not complaining but I got left off last week's list. Cry

Total was 47.4. Thanks for keeping this thread going. Big grin

Monday Rest Day Tuesday 7 mi w/7x800m Wednesday 7 miles easy Thursday 7 miles w/3 mile tempo run (tempo mile times: 8:36, 8:28, 8:13) Friday 7 miles easy Saturday 12 mile LR Sunday 7 miles easy Total: 47 miles

"Don't give up, don't ever give up." Jim Valvano

CNYrunner

posted: 6/2/2008 at 1:56 PM
modified: 6/8/2008 at 10:17 AM

Back into the 40s and then some as I ramp it back up for fall marathon fun. Thanks Holly! 6/2---3.5 recovery miles----3.5 miles 6/3---9 miles with 8 as pace run----9.2 miles with 60 minutes at 7:55-8:00 pace 6/4---~~11-12 easy miles~~---off 6/5---~~off/travel to NC~~----10 hilly miles in Boone, NC at 8:47 pace 6/6---10 miles with 2 at 6:55 pace---changed plan to run with J---13.8 at 8:20 pace 6/7---8 easy miles----8 miles at 8:12 pace 6/8---16-18 miles with some at mp----18 miles at 9:07 pace Total: 62.5 crunches,planks,sit-ups, push-ups, yoga etc. 3xweek CNYrunner How was Nipmuck ultrachick? Pretty good week all in all and mileage is climbing again as planned. The hamstring twinge disappeared and now I need to work on getting more sleep and adjusting to the heat.

Peter NC

Hill Runner

posted: 6/2/2008 at 8:18 PM
modified: 6/7/2008 at 9:30 AM

Sun 15.05 miles Mon -- Tue 10.11 miles Wed Thur 10.13 miles Fri Sat 8.03 miles 43.3 miles for the week

Upcoming Races:

Boston Marathon, Boston,MA 04/15/13
Grandfather Mountain Marathon,Boone NC 07/14/13
Thunder Road Marathon, Charlotte NC 11/13

Holly S.

Marathon Maniac #957

posted: 6/3/2008 at 4:57 AM

Quote from BCMorant on 6/2/2008 at 1:29 PM:

Holly, BTW, I'm not complaining but I got left off last week's list.

Whoops! Sorry. I do the tally in between documents at work, and sometimes multi-tasking scatters me a bit. Gotcha now. Smile

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."

perchcreek

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

posted: 6/3/2008 at 9:24 AM
modified: 6/8/2008 at 12:10 PM

Thanks Holly.... Hopefully I'll get a more normal schedule this week.

Day	Plan	Actual	Comments
Monday	7 mi GA	5 mi	with THAT hill about 9:15 pace overall
Tuesday	8.2 mi with 5 mi LT	8.2 mi	5 mi at 7:30 pace
Wednesday	14 mi m-LR	14 mi	at 9:10 pace in the warm humidity
Thursday	5 mi recovery	4 mi	smooth as silk at 10 min pace
Friday	6 mi GA	6.6 mi	8:23 pace, hot and hilly
Saturday	4 mi recovery	4 mi	nice and easy in the heat
Sunday	20 mi LR	20 mi	hardest 20 miler ever with temps ending in the 90's lost 5% body weight..meh

Totals:	62	61.8 mi	tired after that week!

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

BCMorant

I Can Go The Distance

posted: 6/3/2008 at 12:36 PM

Quote from Holly S. on 6/3/2008 at 4:57 AM:

Whoops! Sorry. I do the tally in between documents at work, and sometimes multi-tasking scatters me a bit. Gotcha now.

Thanks Holly for adding me to last week. Smile

Bruce

"Don't give up, don't ever give up." Jim Valvano

slowgino

posted: 6/3/2008 at 8:40 PM
modified: 6/8/2008 at 4:33 PM

Thanks, Holly. Hey, login to MM and do the "Add My Marathon" thing... you probably have better data records than I do (still gotta find some of my '77-'82 stuff...) Plan - take it easy on the legs, have a few rest/off days Mon - off Tue - 13 miles easy, park trails Wed - 5 miles easier Thur - 1 mile easier then 13.5 miles easy, park trails Fri - 4.5 miles easier Sat - 10 miles fairly easy then 1 mile easier Sun - off Total for week: 48 miles

tetsujin209

MM#209 / JapanJoyful#803

posted: 6/4/2008 at 9:28 AM

Thank you Holly. with only a 5K and marathon this week, I won't even make 30 miles so put me on reserve until the annual 50 mile trail run at the end of July. thanks. - jon

^{"Enjoy yourself. Your younger days never come again."}^{100yo T. Igarashi}^{to me in geta at top of Mt. Fuji}^(8/2/87)

SLOjim

posted: 6/6/2008 at 12:59 PM
modified: 6/9/2008 at 11:32 AM

Thanks Holly Smile

For this week.......

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Sunday	12 –14 long	14 long
Monday	rest	rest
Tuesday	7.5 – 8.5 easy	8.5
Wednesday	7-8 easy	10 med long
Thursday	7-8 easy	8.5	With 12 X 100 striders
Friday	rest	rest
Saturday	5K + 6	5K + 6	3 mile warm up/ 5K / 3 mile cool down
Total	45+/-	50.1

pfriese

posted: 6/6/2008 at 8:26 PM
modified: 6/9/2008 at 12:41 AM

Thanks Holly. I'm babysitting grandsons in Seattle (actually Sammamish) for the next couple of weeks. No real plan except try to get in as many nice cool runs as I can while I'm up here away from the heat in Oklahoma. I'm pretty sure I'll need free passes for the next couple of weeks.

Day	Miles	Comment
Monday	2 miles running - done	9:44/mile avg pace
Tuesday	5 miles running - done	9:11/mile avg pace
Wednesday	3 miles running - done	9:42/mile avg pace
Thursday	2.2 miles running - done	8:41/mile avg pace
Friday	7.4 miles running - done	9:05/mile avg pace
Saturday	rest day - done
Sunday	rest day - done

Total	19.6 miles running	DONE

Paul

Paul's blog

Masters Running

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