The Qwer Old Fella's Marathon Method

May 06, 2024

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Location:

Tralee,Ireland

Member Since:

Oct 01, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

I've never worn compression socks.

Short-Term Running Goals:

To do a race.

Long-Term Running Goals:

1. Break the world record for the marathon in the 50+ age group, when I'm 50 in 2015.

2. Never wear compression socks.

Personal:

Married with two girls (6 and 10).

The Qwer Old Fella's Marathon Method is a four year experiment.

The first year (2012) was about getting back into running, staying off the smokes and booze, while sticking to a healthy eating plan and shedding mountains of lard. All boxes ticked.

Year two (2013 - age: 48) Injured Jan through March. Build back up and work on my 5k speed. Goal 15:45.

Year three (2014) will be about doing my first marathon in the spring. (Just for the experience and on a tough course - maybe Tralee; goal time, 2:30ish.) Then begins the prep work for Berlin 2015

Year four (2015) is all about breaking the world record for the marathon in the 50+ age group - it's only 2:19 :).

The above might sound nuts; it is, but then I'm nuts. Please do not copy any of the training I do: if you do, you are likely to end up running like me - not a good idea.

The idea is to have a laugh along the way. If I fail, I don't know what I'll do - my whole belief system will crumble and I suspect that this little rock might just stop spinning for a couple of seconds. Jakers, I better not fail for all our sakes. That's some burden, even for SuperBam.

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Thu, Sep 06, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
6.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.00

10:30 a.m. 6 miles easy. Ran on tomorrow night's 5k course to check it out. A few pulls but nothing serious.

Opted not to run last night as I felt light-headed. I thought the rest would do the trick. But this morning I'm still not 100%.

That said, I'm going to run tomorrow night. I want to fill in one of those cheeky little red-top race reports. I'm more excited about doing a race report than doing the race.

All things being equal and that this bubonic plague hasn't taken too much out of me, I've set three goals. I'll state my goals so that tomorrow night, when my legs and lungs are on fire, I'll know that I have to account for my performance.

Based on my most recent 4x1 mile session (AP 5:24; a good KPI) the best I can expect to run is somewhere between 16:50-17:00. I'm treating this illness thing as though it's a taper. Hopefully it'll work that way and I'll feel refreshed etc.

My 'B' goal is 17 - 17:20 (around 5:30 pace). My 'C' goal is 17:20-17:34, which I should be able to manage, as I do my 4 mile threshold runs at 5:40 pace (17:45ish pace).

Although 16:50 -17:45 isn't exactly staggering, something in that range will give me a benchmark to work off when I start training properly from Sunday onwards.

Whatever happens, I'll have a PR...

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 130.00

Comments

From Bret on Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 06:52:57 from 64.128.133.66

Well-thought. Hope you are back to 100% by tomorrow evening and can give it a good go.

From Jake K on Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 08:24:39 from 155.100.226.191

You can't complain when you set a PR! :-)

Good luck tomorrow - hope the sickness hasn't drained you too much and you're able to run as well as you've been training.

From Russ on Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 08:42:03 from 74.114.3.253

Good job on doing the race even after a sickness. In my experience anytime a fever is involved, full recovery takes a lot longer. Rest up, go out hard tomorrow, and kick some old man PR tail.

From Derunzo on Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 20:08:22 from 24.218.176.97

Good Luck Bam!

From NatalieK on Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 13:46:33 from 24.2.101.184

Looking forward to your red top race report. Good luck!

From Rachelle on Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 15:04:15 from 199.190.170.22

Good luck tonight!

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