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40/40 Thread for Week Ending 8/7/16 (Read 15 times)


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

    70.15

    Nice week

    Subdood

    66.7

    Nice week

    Alexander R

    51.4

    NYRR Team Championships

    Pfriese

    44.2

    September marathon in sight

    DennisLey

    44.1

    Not feeling motivated

    Holly S

    4

    Still not good

    Opie

    Free Pass

    Sore foot

     

     

     

     

    Here is my tentative plan. I think I can start running, but need to go slow (not hard since I have completely lost my fitness).

     

     

    Day

    Plan

    Actual

    Commentary

    Monday

    0 miles

     0 miles

    Weights and core

    Tuesday

    ? miles

     2 miles

    ?

    Wednesday

    ? miles

     3.5 miles

    ?

    Thursday

    ? miles

     0 miles

    30 minutes bike trainer

    Friday

    ? miles

     5 miles

    ?

    Saturday

    ? miles

     1.1 mile

    Plus bike trainer

    Sunday

    ? miles

     5.2 miles

    ?

    Total

     

     16.8 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."

    SubDood


      Welcome back, Holly!

       

      DAY

      PLAN ACTUAL COMMENTS
      Monday  5 Jog  5.4

       Easy recovery jog, 4x30-sec strides

      Tuesday 11 Aerobic   11.1  1:35:00 easy pace
      Wednesday  9 Tempo    9.3

       6 mi MP alternations (0.25mi/0.75mi 

      @ 6:16 / 7:11 pace, x 6)

      Thursday 12 Aerobic   12.3  1:42:24 in steady rain
      Friday 0 Rest  2

       easy jogging on TM at work

      Saturday 11 Out-and-Back   11.7  with 60 min at ~7:10 pace
      Sunday 19 Long  19.5  2:40:00
      TOTAL 67 miles   71.3 miles   

      .

      HermosaBoy


        Looked like a great vacation Holly!

         

        DAY

        PLAN ACTUAL COMMENTS
        Monday 8

        2.0 

        8.0 

        Easy AM

        Easy @ lunch 

        Tuesday 8

        2.0

        6.1

        Easy AM

        1 mile at 5:45 (2:00 jog)
        6 x 1:00 at 10k effort (1:00 recovery jogs)

        Wednesday

        7

        2.0 

        5.0

        Easy AM

        Easy

        Thursday 7

        2.0

        5.15

        Easy AM

        8 x 30 seconds with a 45 recovery jogs

        Friday

        7

        2.0 

        5.0

        Easy AM

        Easy PM

        Saturday 5 6.0 

        Easy with Strides

        Sunday 14

        15.3 

        Includes 15k Race with a baby PR...

        TOTAL 56 60.55  

        And you can quote me as saying I was mis-quoted. Groucho Marx

         

        Rob

        pfriese


          Thanks Holly.

           

          DAY

          PLAN ACTUAL COMMENTS
          Mon  0

           0 miles

           travel day 

          Tues  8

           8.3 miles 

           easy

          Wed

           9 

           9.1 miles 

           easy

          Thurs  5 

           5 miles

           recovery 

          Fri

           5

           5 miles 

           very easy 

          Sat  5  17 miles 

           long

          Sun  18

           0 miles

           lr

          TOTAL    ~50  44.4 miles    

           

          Paul


          MM #7877

            55.2 miles this week. Up and down week, but 15 today felt good.

            Philippians 4:13.

            Alexander R


              Thank you Holly!

               

              Mon 7 mi  (0:57) treadmill

              Tue 7 mi (0:57) treadmill

              Wed 10.3 mi (1:43)

              Thu 7.7 mi (1:15)

              Fri 13.2 mi, Amundsen trail

              Sat 12.7 mi (2:35) Amundsen trail

              Sun 11.7 mi (2:00)

               

              Total: 69.5 miles

               

              a  week of extremes. started with easy treadmill jogs in an air conditioned gym, ended exploring the Amundsen trail on Staten Island