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

Mon, Nov 21, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
7.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.00

5:30 a.m. - 3.5 miles slow. Gentle lung opener - intend to do a progressive 3.5 this evening.

When I finished my run this morning and stretched and did all the rest of the usual palaver I logged in and read Jake's race report on the Philadelphia marathon. If you haven't read it, go read it now.

Oh, to have a smidgeon of that man's grace and talent. I watched Jake and Andrea's times on the live feed on his twitter thingamajig. Everything was bang on up until 30k. I was so so excited for both of them. Then when Jake's final time didn't come up when expected, I thought there may have been something wrong with the 'chip' or whatever it is - I haven't raced in years and chips etc are all new to me.

When the news came through I felt a deep sadness for both of them. But then I read how they felt about the whole show and I couldn't believe how much character they evinced. Their outlook on life is something to behold. One thing's for sure, both Jake and Andrea will make the breakthrough into the big time. Respect.

6 p.m. - 3.5 progressive. Enjoyed this run. See that? 'Run'. I felt like I ran the whole 3.5 miles. Reckon I must have started off around 7:30 pace and ended up around 6:15 pace.

Think I'll be tired in the morning.

RHR 51

Night Sleep Time: 8.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 8.00	Weight: 159.00

Comments

From Jake K on Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 06:54:14 from 74.92.85.81

Thanks Bam. That means a lot to us. We just read it and had tears in our eyes.

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