The Qwer Old Fella's Marathon Method

April 28, 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, Jul 26, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
13.00	0.00	0.00	4.00	17.00

11:30 a.m. 11 miles incl. 3.5 miles w/u, 6x100m strides with jog back rec, 4x1 mile off 90 sec's, and 3.5 miles w/d.

I did this session before I went on holiday and averaged 5.39. I planned to do today's session in 5:32's but thought, after Tuesday's 800's, that I might sneak in with sub 5:30's. Here's how they went: 5:30, 5:20, 5:27, 5:19. A.P. 5:24.

Apart from the wide range in times - I'll get better at pacing with more workouts - I was vey pleased with this workout; my progress is rapid (ok, maybe not rapid, but I'm getting quicker.)

The old body felt as though I'd been weighed-in by 10 geezers with baseball bats - I don't half exaggerate. And now, I'm off swimming with the rapscallions.Tonight's 6 mile plod should ease the pain...

6:00 p.m. 6 miles recovery run. Nice and easy. Legs felt better than anticipated - might have been the freezing cold water at the Tralee swimming pool. Tired tonight. Early to bed and get ready for the Olympics to kick off, plus the two 8 milers scheduled for tomorrow - one of which will have a cheeky little 8x8 sec's hill sprints thrown into the mix.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 133.00

Comments

From Bret on Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 08:25:34 from 64.128.133.66

Holy cow...that's an outstanding session! Stay on top of that recovery - you've got some nice fitness in you. Well done.

From Rob Murphy on Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 13:46:00 from 24.10.249.165

Great workout no matter how you felt. There's a quality race in your future.

From Bam on Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 14:40:51 from 89.204.174.43

Bret, thanks. I took a gamble moving the session fwd, but I think I've got away with it. I'm using Frank Horwill's multi-paced ideas but keeping up the miles and throwing in some Canova sessions; I'm going to do this to Christmas and see where it takes me...

Thanks Rob. I'm looking fwd to racing and if I can stay healthy, I should have a decent shout at banging out a good race sometime down the line.

From Jake K on Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 15:26:36 from 155.100.226.54

Nice workout. You'll start to lock down the pacing after a while. The fact that you were able to drop it back down to a 5:19 after a faster second rep is a good sign.

From Bam on Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 03:46:00 from 89.204.239.149

Thanks Jake. The times were erratic and ironically, the 5:30 and 5:27 felt harder than the 5:20 and the 5:19 - I started off too fast (through 200m in 35 sec) and then was hanging on. I think and hope you're right about locking down the pace - it's a killer at the moment dealing with going off too fast and it spoils the workout.

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