The Qwer Old Fella's Marathon Method

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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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Tue, Jan 15, 2013

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

Day two of no running. Feeling fat. Legs settling down. Must be careful with the quantity and quality of what passes my lips. Wolfed down some ice cream last night. Not a good idea. When I'm back running again I'll be telling myself, 'You see, Fatboy, that ice cream's gonna hurt you now.'

Feeling restless. Got to make beef bourguignon but the pile of ironing is wolf whistling me (top that one Russ). Ironing or cooking. Hmmmm. I'll tease the ironing and do the cooking first...

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

Comments

From bdase on Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 06:13:05 from 67.214.231.170

Just keep telling yourself that Jake eats gallons of that stuff :). No worries. You're going to be rewarded for your patience during the break for sure Bam.

From Bam on Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 06:59:53 from 89.126.28.24

Thanks Brandon. Just with 1 day off and the legs starting to settle, it's now easier to isolate where the problem is... the origin of gracilis. The piriformis stuff has gone. But the origin of gracilis is defo tender - probably from sitting here typing rubbish and/or the functional fitness stuff I did. Oh well. The rest will do all the muscles some good.

This age thing is a nightmare. Starting to understand why some of the old fellas on here are more than a tad sceptical(sp. uk eng) about my goals:)

Hope you are feeling better... I'm off to eat ice cream and have a nap:)

From Jake K on Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 08:57:51 from 155.100.226.191

I think the hardest part of a few days off is the beginning, because your body is expecting another 10 mile run at any point, and it takes a bit of time before it realizes that isn't going to happen... hence feeling out of whack for a couple days.

Ironing is great cross training. I think Lydiard said that.

From ACorn on Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 17:49:55 from 24.2.76.146

Nice new profile pic! Way to play it smart and take some time off. I've read that some of the elite guys take a full 2 weeks off once a year. There's definitely something to giving your body a rest and I believe you'll benefit from the break.

All the best!

From Russ on Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 08:16:35 from 74.114.3.253

The pile of ironing is wolf whistling you... Hmmm. One day off running and already the hallucinations begin? Sad, really. :)

From Bam on Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 08:30:51 from 89.126.28.24

I'm telling ya, man, if your achilles winks at you my pile of ironing can wolf whistles me.

Acorn - the break's a killer: I can feel the poundage piling on. But the legs are defo feeling better. I'm noticing all sorts of little twinges all over the shop. I think the break was a good idea and just in time.

Grace is demanding that I take the picture down and put something up of just me or at least something without her in, looking so glum. I think I'll leave it up for a while:)

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