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. Let me know if I missed you.
Who
Miles
Commentary
C-R
55
Tough day at Tecumseh
Baboon
52.67
Sweet!
Slo_Hand
50.8
Back in the game!
Tramps
48.5
Back and looking good!
Mike E
44.4
Got a plan now…
Opie
43.7
I don’t suppose you’d be willing to share your St. George plan? Okay if not, I know you had to pay for it.
OrangeMat
41.7
Off to Mexico!
IBleedUnionBlue
40
Beautiful weather week
Mississippi
Free Pass
Every week is a new week
Holly
Sick this week, and nursing my Monkey leg back to health, only got 30.4 miles in
Here’s my tentative plan for the week. Time to get back up to 40 miles.
Day
Plan
Actual
Monday
0 miles
Weights and core
Tuesday
4-6 miles
4.4 miles
Easy pace
Wednesday
7 miles
Thursday
5 miles
Friday
2 miles
Plus Weights and core
Saturday
4-7 miles
6 miles
Easy paced
Sunday
12-14 miles
16 miles
Long run
Total
40.4 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."
I'm in
MTA: Somehow managed 44.8
"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/
Me too!
No plan, just run as much as I can.
Me three.
Be safe. Be kind.
Me four. Like a few others, this will be my last week in the thread through the end of the year with marathon recovery. It's going to be warm in Tucson so no surprise there and it will take its toll. I'll try to update this post even though I'll be on the road and it's hard to do on my Kindle Fire.
Day.................Plan.......................................................................................................................................................................................................Actual
Monday...5 mi. easy + 6 strides......................................................................................................................................done-5.4 w/ fastest strides ever!
Tues...2 mi. easy + 4 mi. tempo...............................................................................................................................................5.66
Wed....Elevation trail run training at about 9,000 ft.: 2 mi. easy + (2x1 mi. @MP with 30-second recovery) + 2 mi. easy......done-6.2
Thurs...6 mi. easy & hang with McSolar...................................................................................................................................4.3
Friday...rest...............................................................................................................................................................................done
Sat.......4 mi. easy + 6 strides....................................................................................................................................................4
Sun......26.2...........................................................................................................................................................................done-26.2
Total.....54 miles....................................................................................................................................................................51.8
Tough marathon for me and I finished just under 4 1/2 hours.
"I didn’t run a race until I was 41 and that was a marathon! Let that sink in for a minute." -me
delicate flower
I'm gunning for 50 mile week #6 in a row.
My plan:
(actual)
Sun - 5K race (21:23. Rocked it). With warmup, 4 miles
Mon - 7.2 easy
Tue - 8 easy - treadmill
Wed - 10 speed - treadmill
Thu - 8.2 easy
Fri - 7 easy
Sat - 8.1 speed
52.65 miles for the week.
<3
Last week was messed up by two unexpected days off from running, compliments of a never ending headache. Finished with just 31 miles. This week I'm up for 50 miles (hopefully).
7
easy
speed work
6-8
6.25
easy - too much night traffic, stopped short
Bike or OFF
0
10
intervals
6
5
easy - may run again later tonight
10-12
15
easy - Did a double 12 in the a.m. 3 in the p.m.
50.25
Michelle
I'm not sure yet where I belong at RA....came from RWOL, but was mostly a lurker there for years. I am definitely over 40 (55), and will be peaking at 40mpw in this training cycle for my half...so can I hang out for a while?
Dream big. Dream fast.
MM #5615
Thanks Holly! Sorry I'm late--it's a really crazy week.
Halfcrazy--if Holly puts up with me coming in late and not make 40 quite often and changing my plan all around all the time, I'm sure she'll let you hang out here, too.
Comment
10.3
1:19:42
6.3
49:20
10.8
1:23:33--went over 2000 for the year. Woo Hoo!
14
14.0
1:41:55
41.4
Thanks, Mike!
Monday: 4 easy Swam 1800 yards
Tuesday: Strength work
Wednesday: 8 mile pace run, 2 easy, 4 half marathon pace, 2 easy Swam 1400 yards
Thursday: 4 miles hills
Friday: Strength work
Saturday: 14 mile trail run
Sunday: 6 easy Strength work
Total:36
Yep, see Holly's intro:
Sounds like you qualify.
MM #7877
41 miles this week. The final 6 was in tonights cold rain
Philippians 4:13.
MM #6177
Just got back from vacation last night. Had no Internet while there, but I did run! 41 miles over 5 days, all very hilly.
who says life doesn't have a soundtrack?
10k in 1975
6.5
8 . . . . . . 4 + 8x 1/4 rest 60s + 8x 110 rest 20s
8.5
10.5
9 . . . . . . 4 + 12x 1/4, rest 45s + 12x 110 rest 20s
55.5 miles