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
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
Monday
0 miles
Weights and core
Tuesday
? miles
2 miles
?
Wednesday
3.5 miles
Thursday
30 minutes bike trainer
Friday
5 miles
Saturday
1.1 mile
Plus bike trainer
Sunday
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."
Welcome back, Holly!
DAY
Easy recovery jog, 4x30-sec strides
6 mi MP alternations (0.25mi/0.75mi
@ 6:16 / 7:11 pace, x 6)
easy jogging on TM at work
.
Looked like a great vacation Holly!
2.0
8.0
Easy AM
Easy @ lunch
6.1
1 mile at 5:45 (2:00 jog)6 x 1:00 at 10k effort (1:00 recovery jogs)
7
5.0
Easy
5.15
8 x 30 seconds with a 45 recovery jogs
Easy PM
Easy with Strides
15.3
Includes 15k Race with a baby PR...
And you can quote me as saying I was mis-quoted. Groucho Marx
Rob
Thanks Holly.
travel day
8.3 miles
easy
9
9.1 miles
recovery
5
very easy
long
lr
Paul
Paul's blog
MM #7877
55.2 miles this week. Up and down week, but 15 today felt good.
Philippians 4:13.
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