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40/40 Thread for Week Ending 9/18/16 (Read 16 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

    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

    Commentary

    Monday

     ? miles

     0 miles

    Weights and Core

    Tuesday

     ? miles

     4.5 miles

    No pain!

    Wednesday

     ? miles

     0 miles

    Swimming laps instead - 32 lengths

    Thursday

     ? miles

     3 miles

    Slow

    Friday

     ? miles

     0 miles

    Swimming laps and weights and core

    Saturday

     ? miles

     4.3 miles

    Slow

    Sunday

     ? miles

     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."

    SubDood


      Thanks, Holly!

       

      DAY

      PLAN ACTUAL COMMENTS
      Monday  6 Jog  5.8

       Recovery jog 

      Tuesday  9 Aerobic

       10.2

       8:13 avg pace

      Wednesday  13 Tempo  12.6

       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!

      Thursday  10 Aerobic  11.4  8:20 avg pace, 6 x 30 sec strides
      Friday  0 Rest  2.0

       10:30 pace on TM

      Saturday  10 Out-n-Back   12.9

       5 mi out at 6:53 pace, 5 mi back at 6:44 pace

      Sunday  22 Long Run  22.2

       Longest training run ever for me, 7:55 avg pace, followed

        by another DS baseball double-header! Tapering begins.

      TOTAL  70 miles   77.1 miles   

       

      Twin Cities Marathon, October 9th.

      BerthaSlayer


      MM#5991

        Day

        Plan

        Actual

        Commentary

        Monday

         5 miles

         miles

         

        Tuesday

         3 miles

         3 

         

        Wednesday

         2 miles

         2

         

        Thursday

         0 miles

         

         

        Friday

         0 miles

         

         

        Saturday

         66 miles

         

        yes you read that right. Race day

        Sunday

         0miles

         

         

        Total

         76 miles

         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**

         

        HermosaBoy


          Thanks Holly!!!

           

          DAY

          PLAN ACTUAL COMMENTS
          Monday 7

          2.0

          7.2

          Recovery Miles

          Tuesday 8

          3.0

          8.0

          Easy AM

          Easy while coaching

          Wednesday

          9

          2.0 

          9.0

          Easy AM

          Mile Repeats

          Thursday 7

          2.0 

          7.8

           Easy

          Friday

          9

          2.0

          7.65

          Easy AM

          PM -- helped pace some of my XCrunners through 5x1k repeats

          Saturday 10 9.5

           

          Sunday 15

          15.0 

          5 miles at Marathon Goal Pace in the middle

          TOTAL 62 75.2  

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

           

          Rob

          pfriese


            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

            __________________________

            Total - 18.1 miles

             

            Paul


            MM #7877

              This week - 44.5 miles.

              Completed a stretch of 3 straight weekends running 2 half marathons.

              Philippians 4:13.

              BerthaSlayer


              MM#5991

                Day

                Plan

                Actual

                Commentary

                Monday

                 5 miles

                 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

                 

                 

                Finished NC24 race

                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**

                 

                Alexander R


                  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