Milo and the Calf

Training Totals 6.14.09

Training Totals

RECAP – YES! I know to many of you more serious and more veteran runners, this is not a big deal, but for the first time in years, I hit a total of thirty miles this week. That feels great. Now, I have a week or so to play with before my marathon program begins and I am going to take it down a notch to twenty five miles this week, and give the body a chance to recover a little before I ramp up the milage again.

As you’ll see in the weekly recap I didn’t ride my bike to work this week, the reason for that is two fold (1) my formerly laid back firm has instituted a dress code (in the heat of D.C. summer, thanks) which makes it much more logistically difficult to ride to work and (2) running thirty miles this week just seemed like enough punishment on this old body.

A note on marathon plans, thanks to everyone who gave advice and comments here. Upon reflection of the comments here and the ones I got from some of the runners over at runningahead, and in light of my stubborn and pigheaded nature, I am going to give the high mileage no speed work plan I linked to here a shot. The plan is to see how it feels as I get close to forty miles, if it seems like too much, I’ll take it back a notch, but I’d like to give this a try. If injury or burnout loom, I’ll switch to a more conservative plan. Now, onto the totals…

This week’s training totals are brought to you by THIRTY MILES

Monday

Run 4 in 33:47

Tuesday

Run 3 in 26:24

Wednesday

Run 4 in 31:28

Thursday

Run 4 in 33:40

Friday

Off

Saturday

Run 12 in 1:50:13

Sunday

Run 3 in 26:27

Weekly Totals:

Average Weight: 186

Running Miles: 30 miles in 4:21:59 hours!

Bike Miles: 0

Row Miles: 0

Swim Miles: 0

Total Time: 4:21:59 hours

Total Miles: 30!

Review of Last Week’s Goals:

1.    Run thirty miles for the week – DONE

2.    Bike to class and work twice – FAILED

Next Week’s Goals:

  1. Run twenty five miles for the week
  2. Reincorporate push ups sit ups and pull ups at least twice

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  1. lindsay

    i see you still got in your long run! nice job, i know you were feeling kinda crappy. 30 miles is great! if you want to feel even better about yourself just read back to my 14 mile week not long ago, lol. 🙂

    stinks that there’s no shower at work/really really close to work to utilize!

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  2. seanv2

    Oh man, the run was not fun! but at least it got done. I’m not at your level yet, Ms. I run forty miles before breakfast, but I’m coming for you!

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  3. Glenn Jones

    Keep your nose to the grindstone!

    Believe me, at about mile 17 or 18 of your pending marathon – you’ll be thankful if your base is 40 miles and you’ve had the experience of a 20 miler or two. I can tell you – speedwork did me no good when I had to walk becuase of the cramps at mile 19! I sure wish I had run more – not faster.

    And – that was a great observaton you made about giving up before you start. I have a son who is exactly the same. If he doesn’t think that he will excel, he used to give up before he even gave himself a chance. He used to row (single scull). He was ready to throw in the towel when he first started because he couldn’t even balance the boat. Within a year, he was rowing internationally at the ripe old age of 15….

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  4. runnerinsight

    Nice job indeed! Just keep up the good work and always see the bright side of life. : )

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  5. smt

    I have been a deliquent commenter but I’m still reading (thank you Google Reader)…

    Anyway, I meant to say that I think that the higher mileage/no speedwork plan is probably fine. I did my first two marathons with no real speedwork, though to be fair, I was racing a lot on weekends (at least once a month). One thing that I do really recommend and is a problem, imo, with the NYRR plans is the uniformity of all but your long run. I HIGHLY suggest doing your Sunday run at recovery pace (at least 2-2:15 min/mi under your marathon goal pace). You could also turn one of your midweek runs — maybe just every other week — into a tempo run, which is an easy way to get speedwork in.

    Also, you mentioned before that the NYRR Basic plan had a lot of 20s…everyone differs, but I really feel like 20+ miles runs are the key to marathoning, and I think that only when you get towards 5+ is it getting to be too much.

    Finally, re: riding your bike…I actually had to stop riding my bike to work during marathon training, finding that it was just too much on my legs to be doing extra work, and that my energy was better spent running that doing anything else. I think that cross-training is a great idea for the off season, but the best way to build strength and stamina fo a marathon is just…more running.

    Of course this is just all my three cents. Excited to follow your progress! (And somehow believe it or not you are motivating me to get back out on the roads after a few weeks of very minimal activity). Congrats on the 30 miles!

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  6. tgorourke

    Congratulations!! And by the way, it’s a rare week I even get close to 30! (We can’t all be Lindsay, unfortunately!)

    What was your firm thinking??

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