The Qwer Old Fella's Marathon Method

March 29, 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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The girls (Brandon and Dave) wanted an update so here goes... well this is a bit special, I raced last night. I did the Tralee 5k. Finished 2nd in 15:52. Course was  a tad long accorcing to the Garmin but I now know that's the norm. Pleased enough with the result as the course is very honest - undulating out and back. Wasn't happy about coming 2nd but then I'm making this up so I suppose I could say that it was an exciting race blah blah blah. No, I've had a cold since Saturday and haven't run a jot. I'll be getting back out tomorrow and doing a 5 miler. I'll take a few days getting back into the swing of things and then I'll re-start from where I was 2 weeks back. I picked up the cold from shedding too much weight too quickly. I'd been dropping 1-2lbs a week but last week I lost 5, which I suspect I've now put back on. I should know better. So nothing exciting apart from the fact that Brandon and Dave wet their panties when they read I'd run 15:52:)

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Comments
From Rachelle on Thu, May 09, 2013 at 12:20:16 from 159.212.71.200

haha! Icecream is the best cold remedy - it will sooth the throat and help put back on the 5lbs. :-)

From SlowJoe on Thu, May 09, 2013 at 13:45:20 from 155.219.241.10

It's true, I was there. Although your time was a 15:53, I think. I was at 15:52, right?

From Dave Taylor on Thu, May 09, 2013 at 14:02:34 from 63.255.191.163

Spank you very much.

Need to change the undies now

From bdase on Thu, May 09, 2013 at 14:07:04 from 67.214.231.170

I read that your 2 mile split was 15:52 which still made me wet my panties lol.

From Bam on Thu, May 09, 2013 at 14:16:59 from 89.126.28.24

Cachou! Cachou! Bless you Bam. I hope you die, er, I mean, get better soon:)

From Tom K on Fri, May 10, 2013 at 08:07:44 from 71.228.90.171

Figures. First time I understand one of your posts, and it’s a complete fabrication. You got me.

From Tom K on Fri, May 10, 2013 at 08:09:19 from 71.228.90.171

oh yeah, a fháil go maith go luath.

From Bam on Fri, May 10, 2013 at 09:56:57 from 89.126.28.24

Tom - thanks. My good lady translated that for me. I only know a few words of Irish. I do know the two most important words in the language: Guinness and leithris:)

From Russ on Fri, May 10, 2013 at 09:59:41 from 74.114.3.253

Yer a cheeky git.

From Bam on Fri, May 10, 2013 at 10:05:26 from 89.126.28.24

Hahaha:)

From Bam on Fri, May 10, 2013 at 10:44:17 from 89.126.28.24

Neasts, I actually don't drink anymore and when I did drink, I rarely drank Guinness. As you can no doubt imagine, I was more cultured - more of a wine man, so I was:)

From seeaprilrun on Fri, May 10, 2013 at 16:33:25 from 68.102.189.33

You are right, booze is on the blog today. Again, I like wine too, but far from cultured. I was in the 15:52 wet my panties group.

From allie on Fri, May 10, 2013 at 17:27:11 from 97.126.223.200

guinness? what about strongbow?

From Bam on Sat, May 11, 2013 at 03:20:58 from 89.126.28.24

april - it's been 20 months since I last had a glass of wine. Arghhhhh!

“his lips drink water

but his heart drinks wine”

― E.E. Cummings

and then you have Homer - no, not Homer Simpson; Homer the poet:

“[I]t is the wine that leads me on,

the wild wine

that sets the wisest man to sing

at the top of his lungs,

laugh like a fool – it drives the

man to dancing... it even

tempts him to blurt out stories

better never told. And as sure as horses are horses, Slow Joe was blurting out a few stories de udder night."

Homer, The Odyssey - and a litle help from Bam.

But best of all:

“I would pour you a glass of wine, but wouldn’t it be more romantic if you sipped it out of my armpit?”

― Jarod Kintz, Now that's class!

allie - never was a fan of Strongbow. The one and only time I drank cider was the first time I ever had a drink. I will not tell what happened, only this snippet -

I was staying in a hotel in Taunton SW England (quaint little spot of the world)with an old flame. When we reached the corridor where our room was, I dived onto the carpet and started swimming up the corridor. I'm not sure why she dumped me:)

No, me and cider never got on.

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