RunningAHEAD - Topic: 40/40 Thread for Week Ending 5/11/08

Holly S.

Marathon Maniac #957

posted: 5/6/2008 at 9:08 AM
modified: 5/11/2008 at 2:23 PM

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, although with so many big races recently, not everyone is here. If I missed anyone or got something wrong, just let me know.

Who	Miles	Commentary
Perch	55.2	No race goal yet, but still running strong.
Tallrunner	54	Nice 24-miler! Now it’s taper time.
Slojim	48.23	Congrats on the weekly mileage PR.
Hermosaboy	45.6	Lots of racing going on here.
Breger	45.2	Eugene Marathon! Bill, even if it wasn’t your best time, you finished, and that in itself is an accomplishment.
Biketm	43	And 120 miles cycling!
Holly	42.3	Flying Pig Marathon! Last marathon for a while – whew!
SirWalksalot	41.66	With a HM in there. SWAL, sorry it’s taking me so long to get to your RR, but I have my eye on it.
TomD	40.7	Lincoln Marathon! Welcome back, Tom!
DfromBG	40.1	Indianapolis HM – course PR!
Busiman	36	Quality running.
Evenflein	32.35	With a 5K race – no PR, but still a respectable time.
Coach Bryant	30	Jump on in, Coach!
PJH	29.6	Easing back.

Here's my plan for the week. I'm not going to make the 40 this week, still reverse tapering, but hopefully will be back in the swing by next week.

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Monday	0	0	Rest day
Tuesday	5	5	Easy pace
Wednesday	5	0	Resting sore knees
Thursday	5	6	Stony Hill run
Friday	0	0	Made cinnamon rolls instead
Saturday	5	7.55 miles	Easy pace
Sunday	10-12	11.3 miles	Easy Pace
Total	30-32	29.85 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."

perchcreek

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

posted: 5/6/2008 at 10:20 AM
modified: 5/11/2008 at 3:28 PM

Thanks Holly! Still just a drifter... running to a plan for nuth'n just because..

Day	Plan	Actual	Comments
Monday	4 mi recovery	4 mi	30 min elliptical hard climb then 4 mi at 9:03
Tuesday	8 mi GA	6.2 mi	no time ...ran 4 miles avg 7:45
Wednesday	7 mi w/ 6x800m	7.6 mi	did 4x800 at 3:20's
Thursday	5 mi Recovery	6 mi	with Tory
Friday	7 mi GA	7 mi	8:02 pace
Saturday	4 mi recovery	4 mi	with Tory
Sunday	17 mi LR	18.2 mi	about 9:20ish through woods and hills in the rain
Total	53	53.0	nice to just RUN... broke 1000 miles this 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: 5/6/2008 at 10:54 AM
modified: 5/11/2008 at 10:52 AM

Thanks Holly! I am bumping up my mileage, so I thought I would join the club.

Day	Plan	Actual	Comments
Monday			Rest Day
Tuesday	6 miles w/6x800	Done
Wednesday	6 miles easy	Done
Thursday	6 miles w/2x2 miles @Tempo pace	Done
Friday	6 miles easy	Done
Saturday	6 miles easy	Done
Sunday	10 mile LR@MP	Done
Total	40 miles	Done	New weekly milage PR!

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

TomD

posted: 5/6/2008 at 11:40 AM
modified: 5/12/2008 at 11:23 AM

Hoping to get over 50 miles this week. Monday - 4.00 miles Wednesday - 8.70 miles Thursday - 5.50 miles Friday - 3.60 miles Saturday - 2.50 miles Sunday - 31.50 miles TIMTAM 50k Total - 55.80 miles TomD

evanflein

posted: 5/6/2008 at 2:05 PM
modified: 5/11/2008 at 9:15 PM

Busy soccer week, DH in Denver all week, friend coming to stay Friday and Saturday, truck in the shop... Good Lord this week is a mess. Not sure what I'll get in as far as running goes. Kind of nice to let life get in the way every now and then...

Day	Plan	Actual	Comments
Monday	XT day or rest	0 Miles	Rest Day by default; too much going on!
Tuesday	5	6.1 miles	Got up early to get this done, 8:34 avg pace
Wednesday	6-8 miles	8.25 Miles	Wonderful tempo run, 8:00 m/m avg pace
Thursday	5 miles EZ	6 miles	8:17 avg pace, faster than intended
Friday	Rest Day	0 miles	Soccer game, 3rd win!
Saturday	6 miles	7.75 miles	8:09 avg pace, trying out new HM pace...(first soccer loss)
Sunday	8-10 miles	12.5 miles	overheated, 8:24 avg pace, plus walked 1 mile

Totals:	~30-34 Miles	40.6 miles actual total

Hey, I broke 40 this week! Wasn't planning on that...

Coach Bryant

posted: 5/6/2008 at 2:41 PM
modified: 5/12/2008 at 7:57 AM

Hoping to have my first week of 40 or close to 40 miles Smile

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Monday	3.0 Easy	5.0	Felt great...had to keep going! 8:57 pace
Tuesday	6.0 Tempo	6.0	1/2 mi WU/CD and 5 miles @7:47 pace
Wednesday	3.0 Easy	5.0	Semi-recovery run. 9:23 pace
Thursday	5.0	Rest	Life in the way
Friday	5.0	7.0	2 mi WU/CD @ 10 min pace and 5 mi @ 8:35 pace
Saturday	9.0	Rest	Rest
Sunday	Rest/Mother's Day	9.0	8:38 pace
Total	40.0	32.0

Well...couldn't quite get to 40 miles, but this is my highest mileage week to date and I feel pretty good about it. Took an extra day of rest because of some knee pain....

Personal Records 5K - 21:35

Holly S.

Marathon Maniac #957

posted: 5/6/2008 at 3:04 PM

Coach - Twocat put together a macro to give us the columns and headers. If you e-mail me at hollys4874 at yahoo dot com, I can forward the macro attachment to you.

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."

Tallrunner

posted: 5/6/2008 at 3:29 PM
modified: 5/6/2008 at 3:30 PM

Thanks for all the effort Holly...really appreciated. Starting to taper for Ottawa with 19 days to go (Yowza) M - rest T- 10 Intervals on the track with the team plus warm up and cool down W - 0 T - 10 ez F - 0 S - 12 (including a 10K prep race - hopefully blazingly fast with but tired legs who knows) S - 12 4 ez, 4 at MP, 4 ez Total planned: 44 miles

Recent Best times: None recently

Twocat

posted: 5/6/2008 at 4:56 PM
modified: 5/10/2008 at 12:04 PM

I am baaaaak! Big grin

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Day	Plan	Actual	Forecast	Reality
Monday	6	6.05		Pain free!
Tuesday	11	11.31		Longest run since my return.
Wednesday	6	6.53	With TP. Nice to have company again.	She is as fast as ever! Working to get myself back in shape
Thursday	12	12.47	With TP.	Early rain washed out run with TP. Ran alone later on.
Friday	6	6.43	With some friends.	Forecast rain, cancelled run. Rain held off went early alone. Oh well.
Saturday	13	16.42	Flying off to Israel	Ran with the local running club for 15.4 miles. Yakked for a bit then ran home the last mile.
Sunday	0	0	Will run a few miles to remove jet lag if possible.	Guessing, but I may not be able to update until next Thursday.
Total	54	59.21

I am guessing I will not run on Sunday. My flight gets in at 4:30 and I have to go to a reception at 7:30. I suspect a three hour window will not let me get in even a short run of some sort. In any event, since I may not have internet access until next Thursday when I return I figured I should total things up on Saturday just in case.

Live like you are dying not like you are afraid to die.

Drunken Irish Soda Bread and Irish Brown Bread this way --> http://allrecipes.com/cook/4379041/

Walt.RB

posted: 5/6/2008 at 7:26 PM
modified: 5/11/2008 at 4:57 PM

HM buzz is over.....time to shlog more miles..... M--11.7, 1:45:54, 136/161 T--6.35 untimed in the AM W--7.66, 1:14:13, 131/175. more like a sluggish recovery run TH- 7.66, 1:06:23, AM run, felt better than yesterday F--7.66, 1:04:42, some MP miles in there, 146/164 S--7.66, 1:00:12, progression from 8:19 to 7:28, 150/170 S--19.33, 2:58:07, last long run. 141/161 Total: 68.02.........just 'bout taper time

Runrtim57

Marathon Maniac #3309

posted: 5/6/2008 at 8:46 PM

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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!

Runrtim57

Marathon Maniac #3309

posted: 5/7/2008 at 6:55 AM
modified: 5/12/2008 at 7:17 AM

Starting the week off sick, but I will still shoot for 40 miles....hate being sick and it messing with my workouts Angry

Thanks Holly, and great job with your Marathons, you Maniac ....whew Smile

Mon - rest, being sick Tues - 7.2 miles - stupid run and felt horrible Weds - 10.0 miles - still feel sick, but got it done Thurs - 8 easy miles in pouring rain Big grin

But but probably wasn't good for me with the cold I am struggling with Roll eyes

Friday - rest - sick Sat - 13 miles - bonked at end Sun - 6.5 easy miles, that didn't feel too easy Total - 44.7 miles - probably hardest week ever Sad

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!

Twocat

posted: 5/7/2008 at 9:55 AM
modified: 5/7/2008 at 9:56 AM

Quote from Coach Bryant on 5/6/2008 at 2:41 PM:

hmm.....how do I get the macro to work?

The link in my signature line is to a self extracting zip file that includes detailed directions on how get the macro to work. Basically, you need to change a security setting in Word.

Live like you are dying not like you are afraid to die.

Drunken Irish Soda Bread and Irish Brown Bread this way --> http://allrecipes.com/cook/4379041/

pfriese

posted: 5/8/2008 at 11:37 PM
modified: 5/11/2008 at 6:56 PM

Holly, I think I withdrew from the thread a bit hastily as I will run >40 miles over the next couple of weeks. So, I'm applying for readmission.

Day	Miles	Comment
Monday	5.0 miles	done
Tuesday	7.1 miles	done
Wednesday	rest day	done
Thursday	8.1 miles	done
Friday	4.8 miles	done
Saturday	4.6 miles	done
Sunday	16.3 miles	done

Total	45.9 miles	DONE

Congrats on becoming a maniiac. Paul

Paul's blog

breger1

posted: 5/9/2008 at 11:20 AM

Holly, put me of the Free Pass list for the next few weeks. I need toe that fine line between reverse tapering and losing condition. 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

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