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, Mar 05, 2013

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00

pm 2 miles easy along the canal with Grace - well, not really easy and not really with Grace.

Plan was 3 miles easy but my leg played up bad. Grace took her opportunity to destroy me in true Terminator fashion. She zipped off into the distance, not even stopping to see if her poor old fella was ok. When our paths crossed as she came back along the tow path, she gave me the loser 'L' sign with her fingers. Kids. You do your best by them and then when you're on your knees they stomp on you.

Going to get my own back on the little rapscallion:)

p.s. my leg is about as much use as a chocolate bikini in the Sahara - no more running until leg feels perfect for a week. On second thoughts...

Where's that humongous Belgian chocolate cake I bought. Ah, there it is. No way Grace - only losers with gammy legs eat this stuff:) Oh yes, here we go...

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

Comments

From Rachelle on Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 13:33:53 from 67.199.182.207

I really really like Grace! Sorry to hear about the set back but at least you have the chocolate cake. I hope you can find it. Nothing worse than misplacing a cake!

From Bam on Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 14:57:45 from 89.126.28.24

I caved and offered the mite a slice. She refused and said, "Losers eat chocoalte cake; champs eat pineapple." When she's older, she is getting so humiliated with baby pictures and my body popping:)

From Andrea on Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 15:52:40 from 72.37.171.52

Okay Bam, I'm on the self-diagnosis train again and thought I would see if I'm way off base...do you think my pain could be caused by femoral anterior glide syndrome?

From Bam on Wed, Mar 06, 2013 at 09:54:33 from 89.126.28.24

Andrea -It's impossible for me to know without an examination.

I suspect you started off with piriformis syndrome (based on what I read on here) and it's developed into something else, as other muscles, tendons, ligaments, and nerves have come in to help.

Too often PT's and athletes over complicate these things. Bones, ligaments, tendons, nerves and muscles mainly. We overwork our bodies and then muscles tighten and everything else starts pulling. Suddenly, all sorts of strange things start to happen.

I suggest that you stop all exercise for 1 month - give your body a chance to rest and recover.

Once your body has settled down, it'll be easier to isolate the problem and fix it. It may even be that the problem vanishes if you just stop everything for 1 month.

How many of us on here have been dabbling in xtrg and jogging etc while we are injured and are still injured? Rest is the answer. Simple. If all of us had just stopped running and training for 2-4 weeks, I suspect we'd be fine and training away without any problems.

A lot of PT is about as much good as voodoo. Massage helps recovery. Tight muscles can be released. Beyond this it's mostly BS and is about making money out of people who are desperate.

I'm annoyed. I paid Euro 50 today for a PT session that was as much use as something I can't type on here!

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