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.  Let me know if I got anything wrong....

Here’s my tentative plan for the week.  We leave for vacation on Saturday, so my plans may not work out.

Here's the plan:

7/27----3 mile wu/4x 1 mile @ 7:10-7:15 pace (2), strides, hops, high knees/3 mile cd----done repeats at 7:10, 7:10, 7:10, 7:09---11.5 total

7/28----5-6 easy untimed-----6.6 easy

7/29----14 MLR with 6@ 7:30----changed it up a bit---14.2 miles with 2x20 @7:20 (5)

7/30----5-6 easy untimed-----4 easy---pressed for time

7/31----4 with a few striders in last mile-----6 with  6 striders

8/1-----11.6 mile race ---try to hold 7:30/2 cd---13---13.6 with 11.6@7:27 pace

8/2-----20 miles----18 @8:48 pace---felt good

weights and core 3x

73.9 miles

Hope you have a great vacation Holly.  Where are you?  Here are my plans for this week.

Thanks Holly.

This week is move of the same, adding a few more miles.

Mon: 6 miles - 6.0 miles (7:49 pace) good run this afternoon in the warm rain. Guess the humidity was 100 percent. Temps cooled down to the mid 70's.

Tues: 6 miles am, 12 miles pm

am 6.0 miles (8:32 pace) TM this morning as we are having a thunder storm.

pm 13.0 miles (8:06 pace) good aerobic run, legs are tired but perked right up as I start running.

Wed: 7 miles pm (maybe a 5K) - 7.2 miles including "Hot Summer Night 5K in 21:18 and 2 miles warmup and 2 miles cooldown. Much better 5K than I had hoped for.

Thurs: 4-6 miles am, 8-10 miles pm

am - 5.0 miles (8:54 pace) legs very fatigued from last nights race, slow and easy just to stretch out the legs muscles and make them move.

pm - notta, just to hot and humid. plus need to rest the legs

Fri: 6 miles -17.0 miles (8:35 pace) legs a little fatigued, but much better. easy pace and legs just kept going. weather was much cooler (72 degrees and only 75% humidity).

Sat: 16 miles - 7.0 miles (8:32 pace)

Sun: 16 miles - 20.0 miles (8:20 pace) legs felt tired when running slow, much better when I upped the pace some.

Total: 81.2 miles

Hi all ... had popped in a few months back with interest in the group, but coming off marathon taper and a summer session focusing on shorter races did not have the milage.

This weeks Long run pushed me over the 40 MPW @ 40.4 and plan to keep up with the group as in week 2 of 13 for Fall Marathon. 

M - Rest

T - 6

W - 6

TH - Rest

F - 10

S - 3.93

S - 14.51

Total - 40.4

Next weeks plan is 43 miles, but throwing in a 10k race Saturday so not sure right now of exact plan as will have to balance wekly milage goal/ pre-race rest as well as increasing distance of long run.

Thanks

Holly,

I got in 46.00 miles.

TomD