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
HermosaBoy
63.25
Mixing it up
SubDood
58.7
C-R
46.1
Welcome back!
RunnerKSA
40.6
Welcome!
Holly S
40.4
Made it
BerthaSlayer
34.4
Close enough
Alexander R
32.4
Ouch – hope you feel better soon!
Pfriese
Free pass
Resting PF
Here is my tentative plan – we are spending 4 days at Norris Lake with friends, so not really sure yet how running will fit.
Day
Plan
Actual
Monday
0 miles
Weights and core
Tuesday
5-6 miles
4.6 miles
Easy pace
Wednesday
6.1 miles
Thursday
? miles
3.8 miles
Before the rain...
Friday
5.1 miles
At the lake!
Saturday
5.2 miles
Sunday
24.5 miles
Woefully short...
Total
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."
Thanks Holly!!!
DAY
2
8
Easy
Intervals
2.0
8.0
Moderate
9
9.0
8.3
One Mile Race -- New PR!!!
And you can quote me as saying I was mis-quoted. Groucho Marx
Rob
Thanks again, Holly!
10.5
15 min w/u, 5 x (8 min ON/3 min Stdy), 10 min c/d jog.
11
Cross Train: biking, really easy effort Rest Day
Long Run, 4 mi faster at end
Next race: Twin Cities Marathon on October 1st.
Thanks holly. I'm in . No real plan except I need a nice long run this weekend (19)
Nope - no mojo on Sunday had to call it at 5 so 31.6 this week.
"He conquers who endures" - Persius "Every workout should have a purpose. Every purpose should link back to achieving a training objective." - Spaniel
http://ncstake.blogspot.com/
41.9 for the week.
Out there running since dinosaurs roamed the earth
Thank you, Holly!
Mon 0
Tue 0
Wed 5 mi (0:45) treadmill
Thu 0
Fri 0
Sat 58.5 miles (13:44) Vermont 100 miles DNF
Sun 0
Total: 63.5 miles
Started antibiotics for my suspected Lyme on Monday and by Wednesday felt significantly better, did a short treadmill run and it went great. I was registered for Vermont 100 miles this weekend. I have done the 100k version three times, so I thought maybe I'll try the full distance this year. Well, that thinking was back in January of course. In any case, since we had everything planned and it's a nice vacation for the family anyway, regardless of my running, we still drove to Vermont on Thursday. I felt better and better every day, even the 6hr drive felt easy. So, ok, on Friday I idiotically pick up the bib, still not sure should I ran or not. The smart thing was to not run. I know that now. The weather forecast was perfect, cool and cloudy, so it should make running even easier. OK, in the end I somehow decided to give it a try. I was worried about the fever, the chills coming back. Or maybe fatigue, or maybe upset stomach from antibiotics. None of that turned out to be a problem. What derailed me was something completely new. In the first 20 miles I started feeling shin pain in the left leg. Exactly like shin splints, which I had last time in 1990's when I first started running. It was very strange. After a while the pain got worse, and then it also started in the right leg. In the end I had both legs red and swollen in the shin area and had to drop out, each step was a pain. I'm reading on shin splints and Lyme now and it looks like it is a fairly common side effect. Grossly aggravated in my case, of course, due to the extra miles and hills.