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.  Let me know if I missed you.

 

Who	Miles	Commentary
CNYrunner	80.4	What can I say?  You rock!  Just look at you go!
Rasmussenmp	70	Lost Dutchman Marathon!
Holly	63.7	New PR for weekly mileage!
Perchcreek	54	Knee is doing great!
Slo_Hand	52.6	I hope your chest congestion has eased up
Slimbo	52.05	First 50+ mile week in 2010!
BCMorant	52	Back to marathon training
Breger	48	Rockin’ LR, Bill!
Mainerunnah	43	Sweet LR!  What’s your MP?
Evryday	43	10 miles with 18 the next day is tough!
Seilerts	41	What is the ultra mailing list?
DfromBG	41	I’ve feeling that end-of-winter blahs, too
ResurrectedRunr	40.7	2nd half of LR at MP, and only in week 3 – very nice!
MrPHinNJ	39.4	Pretty decent week, considering a foot of snow and a bad cold

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s my tentative plan for the week.  

 

 

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Monday	0-3	2 miles	Plus core work and weights
Tuesday	6-8	10 miles	On TM, 8 x 1/2 mile intervals, 2 min recoveries
Wednesday	5-6	5 miles	Recovery pace
Thursday	6-8	8 miles	3 at MP (8:43, 8:42, 8:45) plus hillwork
Friday	1-3	1 mile	Plus weights and abs
Saturday	13-15	14 miles	Wave run on TM
Sunday	6-8	9.25 miles	Recovery pace, plus squats and dead lifts
Total	?	49.25 miles

 

 

The outcast Hermosaboy slinks back to the 40/40 thread to find his compass and enjoy the camaraderie of the group.

 

Holly thanks for keeping this up -- although I have not been participating, I have been lurking out here.

 

Training kind of fell of track for me last fall due to work and kiddoe commitment.  Have got it going again and hope to make a strong showing at Boston in 9 weeks.

 

Here's the plan for the coming week (sorry, I start on Sunday -- getting that long run out of the way is a psychological boost for me).

 

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Sunday	18	18	This was ugly due to lousy footing and poor recovery from Saturday…
Monday AM	4	3.5	Recovery Run
Monday PM	0	3.5	Recovery Run
Tuesday AM	4	4.4	Recovery Run
Tuesday PM	15	15.8	6 x 300, 6 x 600, 6 mile tempo
Wednesday AM	4	5	Recovery Run
Wednesday PM	12	12	Mid week longer run
Thursday AM	5	0	Had a bunch of stuff to do…
Thursday PM	5	6	Recovery Run
Friday AM	5	4.4	Recovery Run
Friday PM	5	6.4	Recovery Run
Saturday	12	12	Hill Repeats
Total	90	91	Good quality week – AVG pace including recovery worked out to 7:15/mi.

The head/chest cold is still holding on for dear life at the beginning of this week, but I feel signs of it leaving me soon. Running through it seems to be helping, actually.

Here's this week's plan:

 

DAY	PLAN	ACTUAL	NOTES
Mon 2/15	12 mi	12 mi	fast finish
Tue 2/16	4 mi	4.5 mi	recovery pace (got the extra 1/2 mile in so I'll hit 40. Yes, I'm anal.)
Wed 2/17	8 mi	8 mi	rolling hills (7:45 pace)
Thu 2/18	5 mi	5 mi	easy
Fri 2/19	4 mi	4 mi	recovery pace
Sat 2/20	6.5 mi	6.5 mi	tempo (7:17 pace)
Sun 2/21	off	off
TOTAL	39.5	40 mi

Thanks Holly! The folks at UD tell me they had to close early today because of heavy snow.....seems like Slimbo could use some friends where he is now! Hang in there.

Great to see you hermosaboy. On to Hopkinton!

2/15------4-5 easy---5 easy
2/16-------8 @ 8:00-----8 @ 8:05 pace---footing a bit tough but just a few inches out there---another huge miss by the forecasters
2/17------15 w/3x2 miles@7:10, 1@mp----14.8 with speedy stuff not quite at 7:10 but getting there!, 1 mile bit was @mp
2/18-----10 easy----10 easy
2/19------15 w/5@tempo,5@mp,1@tempo------14 with Scott---5@7:14/15 and 5@7:34, 1@7:05
2/20-------8 hilly-----9 in Westborough/hockey tournament---killer hill at end
2/21------17------17 at even pace with Iron J

core work and weights 3-4x

77.8 for the week---legs feel a bit chewed up but that's normal at this point with 8 weeks to go b4 Boston

Thank you, Holly.

 

Monday.......rest...............rest

Tues...........6miles..........9miles

Wed...........9miles...........rest

Thurs...........rest..............rest

Frid..............12 miles......11miles

Sat..................rest...........7miles

Sun..............18miles......2miles

 

29 miles total.

Thanks Holly,  congrats on your new weekly high..

 

CNY - your an animal, keep going girl

 

Hermosaboy - welcome to our little corner. 

 

Somewhat of a recovery week for me.  Quads took a little more of a beating than I thought they would.  Soooo, this weeks plan may change as the week progresses.

 

Mon:  4 miles - 4.0 miles very easy recovery on the hotel's TM before leaving for the flight home, quads tight and a little tender.

 

Tues:   7-8 miles - 7.0 miles, again very easy, quads are sore but not to bad going down stairs.

 

Wed:  12-15 miles - 11.0 miles, just a little bit faster (normal recovery pace).  legs feeling better every run.

 

Thurs:  7 miles - 11.0 miles aerobic paced, but nothing faster than 8 m/m.

 

Fri:  13 miles - 13.0 miles with a few at MP, legs are feeling better with each run.

 

Sat:  8 miles - 8.0 miles slow and easy recovery

 

Sun:  20 miles - 21.0 miles first 10 miles (8:25 pace) last 10 miles (8:10 pace) nice negative split.  very hilly route +- 1300 ft.  (legs were good enough to have run a nice marathon today)

total:  75 miles

 

Holly, I like to wave at my TM once in a while too..lol      usually when I'm done running on it..

Thanks Holly. Great job on your weekly mileage PR!

 

The Ultra list is a mostly unmoderated mailing list, so 90% of the content is noise.  However, there are folks on the list that have been running ultras since the 70s, and it is a great place to ask obscure running questions.  Interestingly, I found out about RA when ultrastevep posted a link to the List a couple of years ago.  Plus the archives can be searched back into the mid 90s for race reports etc.  I recommend getting it in digest mode, because there can be dozens of messages a day.  Ultra list signup

 

Here's my plan for the week.  Time to push the mileage over 50.

 

Day	Plan	Actual	Notes
Monday	0	0	Rest
Tuesday	7	7
Wednesday	10	10
Thursday	7	7
Friday	7	9
Saturday	16	15	Long and EZ
Sunday	4	4
Total	51	52

This week is more of the same as I had last week.  Half as many fartleks, but each is twice as long.

 

Bill

Day	Plan	Actual	Plan Details and Comments
Monday	0	0	Usuall y I've been running short and slow on rest days, but today I decided that a little more sleep was more important than a short run.  Only the 2nd rest day of 2010.
Tuesday	4	4	Easy pace of 9:30
Wednesday	12	12.25	Planned 12 miles with 11 x 2 minute @10K pace, 1 minute jog recovery over hills! This one went pretty well.  Felt okay and included 8 hill repeats during the fast parts. Overall pace 8:37.
Thursday	4	4	Recovery pace of 10:02
Friday	5	4	Easy pace of 9:33
Saturday	17	18	Plan is for 10 miles easy, then 7 miles at MP or so (8:30).  Extended it to 10 miles easy, then 8 miles at Tinman's MP (8:19), 1 mile cool down.  Probably averaged 8:17 for those 7 miles.  Can't say it felt easy though!
Sunday	3	3	Recovery run at 10:23 pace.  Legs tired from yesterday's hard MP run.  I needed this slow one.
Total	45	45.25	A good week.