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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
41.000.000.000.0041.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 144.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

a.m. 6 miles easy on my old 6 miler route. Great to be back out doing 'real' runs again. The plan for this week is to keep the morning runs around 5 miles and I'll train on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday (in the afternoon) with Grace - this should add an extra 10 miles onto my weekly total, without causing too much stress to the old system. I prefer adding in the doubles early rather than maxing out the singles.

I'm down to 143lbs:) 0nly 10 more to go(:

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 143.00
Comments(4)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

a.m. 5 miles out and back along the canal.

Nice easy run. Just pleased to be injury free. Running with Grace and Olivia later. I suspect they will make me run behind them:)

p.m. 3 miles on Banna Beach with the girls - well, they wouldn't run with me, so I just ran on ahead and kept checking to make sure that they hadn't tried to swim the Atlantic. For some strange reason, I kept thinking about cake.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 144.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.000.000.000.009.00

a.m. 5 miles out and back along the canal. 3.5 planned for tonight...

p.m. 4 miles out and back along the canal. A bit of zip in the old legs this evening. Feel liked I've trained today. Let's see what tomorrow brings...

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 145.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

a.m. 6 miles out and back along the canal. Very slow. Body felt like I'd either done an Ironman or been cross training with Brandon. Hopefully, I'm fighting off some lurgy and that it's not a reaction to the training. Must start recording my RHR again.

RHR 227 - that's a slight exaggeration but a handy enough place to start from; things can only get better.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 144.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

a.m. 6 miles easy on the canal route - gotta love the soft surfaces.

Was planning on doing a 5 followed by a 4 but the old lady's shook:) - she's only gone and got herself a handy helping of the lurgy; SuperBam fought it off. They laugh at me for eating a Bam Bar everyday - but all those ingredients work to fight off lurgies and give you fantastic skin and oh so many other things.

This morning I woke to the wife's splutterings. Up and at the day straight away, so I was. Banged on the quinoa for the pack lunches, made the marinade for the skinless chicken breasts, choppend up the cucumber and baby leaf spinach and watercress to add to the quinoa ( a squeeze of lemon - helps with the old iron absorption; I doubt the kids know the efforts I go to just so that they will grow into superbeings, like their dad, whoever he is - and some cracked black pepper is added at the end), popped on my lentils and beans - for the wife's soup (what a great hubby I am - modest too) -, fed myself two handy helpings of granola with goji berries and then gave Oliver the cat his breakfast. I went up and got the school uniforms sorted and then woke the girls and gave them a good serving of porridge with some added secret ingredients. Got the girls ready for school while making the lunches and taking the wife's breakfast up to her.

Anyway, by 9:00 the world settled and I changed into my running kit and did my AIS. Now, with my 6 miles out of the way and my Bam Bar lunch wolfed down, I'm ready for what the world wants to throw at me. Bring it on. Let's have it... Maybe I'll have me a cheeky little nap. This life is so hard.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 144.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

p.m. 6 miles easy along the canal and up through the Kerries.

Jakers, I can't believe how hard an easy 6 is; I've got a good way to go.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
41.000.000.000.0041.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 144.00
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