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
75.8
1st AG in HM - sweet!
Alexander R
74
Nice week with some trails in there
Subdood
71.9
Nice LR!
DennisLey
62
With a strong HM
Pfriese
38.4
Skagit Flats Marathon!
Holly S
25.2
A little more…
BerthaSlayer
Free Pass
Tapering
I have no tentative plan.
Day
Plan
Actual
Monday
? miles
0 miles
Weights and Core
Tuesday
4.5 miles
No pain!
Wednesday
Swimming laps instead - 32 lengths
Thursday
3 miles
Slow
Friday
Swimming laps and weights and core
Saturday
4.3 miles
Sunday
17.05 miles
Long run/walk
Total
28.85 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."
Thanks, Holly!
DAY
Recovery jog
10.2
8:13 avg pace
9 mi MP Alternations (+/- 5%),
0.5/0.5 mi @ 6:27 / 7:06 avg paces. "Raced" my
cooldown a bit to get to DS's bus stop in time!
10:30 pace on TM
5 mi out at 6:53 pace, 5 mi back at 6:44 pace
Longest training run ever for me, 7:55 avg pace, followed
by another DS baseball double-header! Tapering begins.
Twin Cities Marathon, October 9th.
MM#5991
5 miles
3
2 miles
2
66 miles
yes you read that right. Race day
0miles
76 miles
Lori
*it's Bertha or me. My money is on me.*
**"There is no growth in the comfort zone and no comfort in the growth zone".---- Sandy**
Thanks Holly!!!
2.0
7.2
Recovery Miles
3.0
8.0
Easy AM
Easy while coaching
9
9.0
Mile Repeats
7.8
Easy
7.65
PM -- helped pace some of my XCrunners through 5x1k repeats
15.0
5 miles at Marathon Goal Pace in the middle
And you can quote me as saying I was mis-quoted. Groucho Marx
Rob
Thanks again Holly.
Recovery week; free pass needed.
M - 0 miles
T - 0 miles
W - 5 miles
Th - 0 miles
F - 0 miles
Sa - 0 miles
Su - Semi Marathon de Toulouse
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Total - 18.1 miles
Paul
Paul's blog
MM #7877
This week - 44.5 miles.
Completed a stretch of 3 straight weekends running 2 half marathons.
Philippians 4:13.
Day Plan Actual Commentary Monday 5 miles 0 miles Tuesday 3 miles 3 Wednesday 2 miles 2 Thursday 0 miles 0 Friday 0 miles 0 Saturday 66 miles 62.2 yes you read that right. Race day. Sunday 0miles Total 76 miles 67.2 miles
0
62.2
yes you read that right. Race day.
67.2 miles
Finished NC24 race
Thank you Holly! BerthaSlayer, congrats on the 100k!
Mon 10 mi (1:52)
Tue 11 mi (1:42)
Wed 10.5 mi (1:40)
Thu 11 mi (1:42)
Fri 10.5 mi (1:38)
Sat 17 mi (3:21) trails
Sun 12.7 mi (1:48) track
Total: 82.6 miles