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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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Sat, Oct 13, 2012

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

97 miles for the week: 8's and 6's with one 13 miler and no workouts, just a couple of progression runs - life got in the way of things this week. But the good news is that since Wednesday I've been feeling a lot stronger. I'm running faster and feeling comfortable. It's as though some magic fairy has said, 'Ok son, you've been banging out these hundred mile weeks for some time now, so I'm gonna reward you with some supersonic mitochondria.' Zap. Bob's your uncle.

About time. I was starting to question the wisdom of these hundred mile weeks, but I guess they're starting to pay off.

We'll see how my new friends stand up this week.

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

Comments

From Jake K on Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 19:47:44 from 67.177.11.154

The deposits in the mileage bank will definitely pay off!

From Andrea on Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 19:53:54 from 67.177.11.154

Despite "life" getting in the way, you still had a very solid week and I'm glad you're starting to reap the benefits of those 100 milers!

From Bret on Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 07:08:38 from 64.128.133.66

Nice report - seems your body is giving you a little reminder of what your hard work is doing. Keep pluggin away!

From bdase on Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 14:50:43 from 67.214.231.170

Bob's your uncle indeed :). Good consistent work always pays off. Another very solid week Bam.

From Jason D on Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 22:38:57 from 24.1.80.94

I was worried you were slipping away, Bam. Don't scare me like that. 100-mile weeks week in and week out will wear you out but toughen you up (so I hear).

From Bam on Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 04:12:47 from 95.83.207.98

Thanks lads (no offence Andrea: in Ireland we call everybody lads - both male and female).

I've been timing a couple of my easy runs and found that my easy pace has gone from about 7:10/20 to 6:50; that's with the same limited effort. I haven't done a proper recovery run in a while because I haven't done a 'real' workout recently, but I'll keep those at 8 min pace.

I'm comfortable up and around the 100 mile mark so I'm going to be launching into 8-10 weeks of strength work. I plan to hit the track from January and hopefully, if all goes to plan, I'll start racing around April.

I want to race now, but I know it's pointless. I haven't got the grit in my system to race - I need the speed and the associated pain before it'll be worth my while.

I've waited many years so I might as well wait a few more months and do it properly.

After all the St George marathon fever, I was tempted to jump in and do either the Tralee marathon in March or the Cork marathon in June. A voice kept saying, 'go on, you've got the miles in your legs.' But the voice of reason prevailed and I'm sticking to the plan.

From NatalieK on Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 12:05:58 from 174.232.193.216

Nice job Bam! Impressive stuff. Now if you can just send that fairy westward....

From Russ on Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 14:09:49 from 74.114.3.253

You have voices in your head too? And here I thought I was the only one. The first voice sounds like the fun one. Sometimes the fun one must be listened to. But that "voice of reason" lad is a likable fellow also, although sometimes a bit dull.

Great job in your smart, consistent training. An excellent model for us all, whatever level of mileage we're banging out.

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