The Qwer Old Fella's Marathon Method

April 26, 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, Feb 28, 2013

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
3.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.00

p.m. 3 miles easy along the canal with Grace.

Waited for Grace to come home from school and then we all headed down to the canal. Majella (the wife) and Olivia (6) fed the swans while Grace and I went for a pootle. Grace wore a headband today and that solved all the girly tears. It was nice to run and chat with her. She was telling me about school; normally she tells us very little.

Beautiful afternoon: sunny and chilly. Mist over the mountains and a good few people out plodding along the canal - no doubt getting ready to run the Tralee International Marathon on the 16th March. The town's buzzing with marathon mania.

Talking of marathon mania, I'm tinkering with my predictions. Let me know if you want a Bam prediction (revealed after the event) for this weekend's races:)

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 143.00

Comments

From Rob Murphy on Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 10:45:47 from 163.248.33.220

You're racing this weekend?

From Bam on Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 10:54:59 from 89.126.28.24

Hardly - I can just about manage 5 miles @ 7 min pace. I'm doing predictions (just for fun) for those racing this weekend.

From SlowJoe on Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:00:30 from 155.219.241.10

A prediction that will be revealed AFTER the event, huh?

Can you also predict who will win the 2012 Olympic marathon?

I kid, predict my half.

From Rob Murphy on Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:02:07 from 163.248.33.220

oh... I should read closer.

From Bam on Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:04:52 from 89.126.28.24

Joe - I'll send all my predictions to you tomorrow, except for yours. You can 'publish' the predictions after the races. I don't think it would be fair or appropriate to publish them before people race, as it may add pressure or upset some.

From Bam on Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:05:34 from 89.126.28.24

Rob - I should have made it clearer:)

From SlowJoe on Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:08:58 from 155.219.241.10

sounds good!

From allie on Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:17:42 from 161.38.221.168

just make sure i'm under 7 hours.

From SlowJoe on Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:20:21 from 155.219.241.10

I'll be highly offended by anything that's not sub-60 min.

From Bam on Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:24:47 from 89.126.28.24

Jakers - the tables have turned and now the pressure's on me. Where's that crystal ball?

From Jake K on Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:26:39 from 155.100.226.191

Just put them in an encrypted document that won't unlock for viewing until Saturday afternoon. I'm sure you can figure out how to do that :-)

From Jake K on Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:29:06 from 155.100.226.191

Send Andrea your prediction for me. She'll be flying around the world anyways and won't reveal anything to me... a trustworthy gal. I'm not really one to be easily offended so I can handle an honest assessment / prediction (after the fact, of course :-)

From Bam on Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:30:57 from 89.126.28.24

"Grace, Majella, Olivia, Oliver the cat, Lolla the goldfish, what's an encrypted document?"

From Rachelle on Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 12:12:35 from 199.190.170.31

I'll be checking the blog for your predictions tomorrow. My prediction is that FRB totally dominates the marathon this weekend. :-)

From ACorn on Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 17:35:52 from 24.2.76.146

If your predictions are really close, I will send you a March Madness bracket to fill out in the near future.

From Bam on Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 10:48:54 from 89.126.28.24

Rachelle, you'll have to wait until Saturday when Joe posts them:)

Acorn - I suspect they might be way off:)

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