| 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. Favorite Blogs: |
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a.m. 8 miles easy on a frosty morning.
p.m. 3.5 miles easy.
My piriformis was playing up this morning, so I opted for an easy 3.5 this evening. During the run I decided to have a 'proper' go at sorting out this niggle. I worked out that it was defo piriformis syndrome. I could feel the restriction on the stride and a throbbing sensation each time my foot struck the ground. I could feel the tingles running down the leg and a number of muscles being recruited to help out.
When I got back I asked her-in-doors, after I adopted the appropriate postion, to plonk her elbow into my piriformis. She wasn't up for it until I told her that it would hurt me. She was straight in there. 90 secs later, everything was going berserk. Good sign. I then got her to take the weight of my leg, while I was in the prone position, and move my leg so that my piriformis was in the most relaxed position. 90 secs later I stood and walked - pain free. Miracle. No, just a spot of Bam-therapy. But the real test will be tomorrow...
Those of you who don't get me, please note the tone is exaggerated to show that I'm mocking myself:) |
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a.m. No run. Piriformis is much better but my adductors are giving it root-toot. I've decided to take a break...
I've been running now for 15 months without a break. During the 15 months, I've built up from scratch to 100mpw. Although I haven't done any prolonged or structured hard work, I've manage 5:40 pace with ease - just off plodding. This suggests, based on the couple of tester speed sessions that I've done, that once I focus on a structured approach to the 5k, sub 15 will be a realistic goal. I'm aware that the best laid schemes of mice and men often result in failure. For this reason, I'm going to listen to my body and let it soak up and recover from the strain of the previous 15 months. Yes, it'll set me back a touch, but that's no big shakes in the grand scheme of things. In fact, I'm positive, in the long run it'll prove a prudent move.
I''m going to take 7-10 days off and I'll be back stronger than ever... |
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Day two of no running. Feeling fat. Legs settling down. Must be careful with the quantity and quality of what passes my lips. Wolfed down some ice cream last night. Not a good idea. When I'm back running again I'll be telling myself, 'You see, Fatboy, that ice cream's gonna hurt you now.'
Feeling restless. Got to make beef bourguignon but the pile of ironing is wolf whistling me (top that one Russ). Ironing or cooking. Hmmmm. I'll tease the ironing and do the cooking first... |
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Day three of no running. Day three of no exercise. Although I will not do any structured exercise today, I will get stuck into bouts of AIS and mobility work. I want to make sure that when I start running again that the break has served its purpose and that all niggles have been exterminated.
Since stopping the routine of running twice-a-day, I've been considering a slightly different approach to my marathon goal. While I ardently believe that it's imperative to work on my 5k time first, I'm aware that Time is against me. I know that when I hit the fifties, it'll be harder to continue with the improvements. The timeline is tight. I believe that to optimise my chances of hitting my goal, I need to take the speed gains I make from the 5k training and utilise them as a foundation in an 18 month build up to a 'reference point' marathon. This means doing a marathon in 2014 (aged 49). This will also give me a taste of what the marathon is all about. I think if I were younger, I would take more time before moving up to the marathon. But if I spend too much time working on the 5k, I'll run out of time for the marathon. So, over the next week, I'll give this more thought.
Toodle-pip, peeps. |
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Day 4 of no running or any form of structured exercise. Feeling pretty refreshed. Legs are feeling much better. Now that the legs have settled, I've noticed that my lower back is pretty tight - released quite a few triggers; QL was very tender (perhaps where all the problems were originating from). My IT bands were tight too - I gave them a thorough bashing yesterday and they are better today. The piriformis syndrome seems to have cleared but the hamstring origin tendonitis still lingers - although it is easing.
More AIS and mobility work today. Going to make a serious effort today to watch what I eat. To compensate for the extra weight I''ve put on during this break, Majella has suggested that I shave those eyebrows:) |
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