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
SubDood
64.6
What kind of crosstraining?
HermosaBoy
64.1
Got the run in, even with the wedding and race
MikeE
54
Enjoying the XC season beginning
Alexander R
49.2
How are you feeling?
Holly S
42.4
Finally caught the pace bunny
Here is my tentative plan.
Day
Plan
Actual
Monday
0 miles
Weights and core
Tuesday
4-6 miles
4.5 miles
TM
Wednesday
6.7 miles
Thursday
7 miles
Easy pace
Friday
? miles
3 miles
Plus weights and core
Saturday
5-7 miles
4.3 miles
Sunday
18-20 miles
16.7 miles
Long run
Total
42.2 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."
Thanks, Holly!
DAY
12.2
20 min w/u. 40 min @ MP, 5 min "fun fast," 15 min @ MP (6:49/6:17/6:43), 8 min c/d.
8
Cross-training: Elliptical, 45 minutes
Long Run a.m., plus evening jog
Next race: Twin Cities Marathon on October 1st.
Thanks Holly!!!
2.00
9.6
Easy AM
Easy PM
2.0
8.0
Intervals
Easy
Short Intervals
7.1
Easy with strides -- 10k race tomorrow
And you can quote me as saying I was mis-quoted. Groucho Marx
Rob
MM #5615
Thanks Holy!
11.0
10.0
Thank you, Holly! I feel great, in fact I completely forgot about Lyme for now and attempted another difficult ultra. Well, it was another DNF, but with a completely different set of excuses.
Mon 3.3 mi (0:49) jog/hike
Tue 4.2 mi (0:57) jog/hike
Wed 2.9mi (1:41) family hike, no running
Thu 0
Fri/Sat 44 mi in 17 hrs, CCC DNF
Sun 0
Total: 54.3 miles
Very few miles of actual running this week. Most of it was just hiking, with walking sticks. Attempted to run the 100km CCC race (Courmayeur-Champex-Chamonix), which is an easier/shorter version of UTMB. Failed miserably and bailed out after around 45 miles. Physically I felt great. I was just not prepared for steep downhill mountain trails, especially in the rain and darkness (it was very cold too, but that was not an issue). The most challenging part for me was dealing with mud, which was incredibly slippery and the already very technical trail (narrow mountain path, covered with roots and stones) was just impossible because of that. Last 10 miles took me more than 5 hours. I fell only one time, but I had many more close calls. Which is not fun when you are walking on a narrow path between a vertical wall up on your left and a vertical wall down on your right. Walking sticks saved me on countless occasions, but I idiotically ran in old road shoes, which were incredibly slippery.