RunningAHEAD - Topic: 40/40 Thread for Week Ending 10/7/18

Holly S.

Marathon Maniac #957

posted: 9/30/2018 at 5:46 PM
modified: 10/7/2018 at 3:47 PM

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
Alexander	63.7	Cooler temps on the way
MikeE	54	Hilly fartleks
Lisa11	50	Some doubles
Opie	42.3	Some joyful miles there
Pfriese	42.1	Paris!
SubDood	41.9	Middle school camping trip

Here is my tentative plan. Doc says no running until at least Wednesday.

Day	Plan	Actual	Commentary
Monday	miles	0 miles	Rest day (again)
Tuesday	miles	4 miles	Slow and gentle
Wednesday	4-6 miles	8 miles	Easy pace
Thursday	4-6 miles	4.2 miles	Easy pace
Friday	14-16 miles	14 miles	LR
Saturday	4-6 miles	5 miles	Recovery pace
Sunday	5-7 miles	5.3 miles	Easy pace
Total		40.5 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."

Mike E

MM #5615

posted: 9/30/2018 at 6:41 PM
modified: 10/7/2018 at 8:43 PM

Thanks, Holly!

DAY	PLAN	ACTUAL	COMMENTS
Monday	9 (6 Strength)	9.0	1:03:06 -- including 3 x 2 miles under 13 minutes each.
Tuesday	0	0
Wednesday	12 (9 Tempo)	12.0	1:24:15 -- including 9 tempo miles in 59:42
Thursday	7 Easy	7.0	54:39 -- ran with the kids on our 800 meter course as they did their interval workout.
Friday	8 Easy	8.0	1:03:29
Saturday	16 Long	22.0	16 miles in 1:53:15--then added 6 more with the kids...not quite so fast
Sunday	6 Easy	6.0	48:20
TOTAL	58 Total	64.0

pfriese

posted: 10/1/2018 at 4:51 PM
modified: 10/7/2018 at 7:33 PM

Thanks Holly.

Week 14 of Hanson's training for the NYC Marathon.

Day	Plan	Actual	Comments
Monday	6 miles	0 miles	too many post vacation chores
Tuesday	11 miles	11 miles	strength
Wednesday	0 miles	0 miles	rest day
Thursday	12 miles	12 miles	tempo
Friday	7 miles	7 miles	easy
Saturday	10 miles	17 miles	went long with the running club
Sunday	10 miles	9.3 miles	easy
Total	~50 miles	56.3 miles

Paul

Paul's blog

Opie

posted: 10/2/2018 at 4:40 PM
modified: 10/7/2018 at 9:10 PM

Week 7 for BMW Dallas Marathon training with Neely Spence Gracey:

Day	Plan	Actual	Comments
Monday	Super 7 Day 1 (body-weight strength exercises for 7 min) + Intervals (6 x 800m @3:50 on 400m recoveries) with warm up & cool down	8.35 miles	Treadmill & then CD outside in rain to rinse the sweat off
Tuesday	5 miles easy	5 miles	rinsed again
Wednesday	Super 7 Day 2 + 5 miles easy	4.82 mi + Super 7
Thursday	2mi WU, 4mi tempo at 9:00/mi, 800 jog, 4x30sec hard (at mile race effort) on 90sec easy, 1mi CD	5 mi easy	struggle bus
Friday	Super 7 Day 3 + 30-60 min aerobic XT	39:41 bike ride
Saturday	LR-16 miles (I would say easy, but that's the pace, not the distance!)	16 mi	with a friend
Sunday	4 miles easy	4 mi + Super 7, Day 3
Total	just over 46 miles	43.2 mi

"I didn’t run a race until I was 41 and that was a marathon! Let that sink in for a minute." -me

SubDood

posted: 10/2/2018 at 5:09 PM
modified: 10/8/2018 at 12:22 PM

Thanks, Holly! Week 3 of tapering ("race week"), and I've got a cold. I think I caught it from one of those nasty middle-schoolers last week!

Here is the last week of the plan ending with a marathon, but the actual mileage this week will vary until/unless I start feeling better:

DAY	PLAN	ACTUAL	COMMENTS
Monday	6	0.0	Yucky cold.
Tuesday	6	0.0	Yucky cold.
Wednesday	8	0.0	Yucky cold.
Thursday	6	0.0	Cold. Slightly less yucky.
Friday	5	5.1	Easy miles, still not feeling great.
Saturday	4	0.0	Nope.
Sunday	26.2	0.0	Twin Cities Marathon: 26.2 miles at GMP Still coughing and not feeling well.
TOTAL	61.2 mi	5.1 mi	Week 18 of 18 (Pfitz) for Twin Cities, Oct 7

Really bummed. 17 really solid weeks of training, followed by this. Oh well. I signed up for another marathon in 2 weeks.

Lisa11

posted: 10/4/2018 at 1:01 AM
modified: 10/6/2018 at 9:28 AM

Thank you for all your hard work Holly.

I may not make 40 this week because of, you know, life getting in the way this week.

Sunday. Rest

Monday. 7 recovery w 6x100

Tuesday. 11 with 7@15k pace - tired, could not make pace, Just kept HR above TH level

Wed. 10 at same pace that I could barely hold on Tuesday, but it was easy today lol, 2 more slow PM

Thurs. Rest

Fri. 5 slow

Sat. 5.5 not as slow, and that’s 40+ yay!

Sun.

Alexander R

posted: 10/7/2018 at 5:53 PM

Thank you, Holly!

Mon 9.3mi (1:35)

Tue 9.3mi (1:30)

Wed 9.3mi (1:30)

Thu 9.2mi (1:27)

Fri 0

Sat 19mi (2:50) longer run, somewhat hilly

Sun 13.3mi (1:43) recovery jog on outdoor track

Total: 69.4 miles

ok, this week early morning 8 milers were magically replaced by 9.3 milers.

which is actually 15k. by Thursday that felt tiring for some strange reason.

took Friday off to do a longer run on Sat, but bailed out at 19 miles.

this morning jogged endless loops on the track with no particular goal

in mind, just feeling generally tired. it was extremely humid too

Masters Running

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