[mcsolar99]

<p>figured i'd start this thread, since i'm sure that there are a number of us here who feel similarly.  those 45 y/o and younger kids just don't "get it" when we talk about our training and racing, and those 47 y/o and more oldsters can't really relate either.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>it's not that we want to exclude anyone from kickrunners... please feel free to read and post to this thread even if you don't meet the age restrictions.  but it just gives us another place: a warmer, fuzzier, happier, more accepting, less tedious, moderately exclusive and with a little snobbier undertone place to post, within this warm, partially fuzzy, sort of accepting, somewhat non-tedious, age-exclusive and pseudo-snobby club on this tiny little internet bulletin board in virtual space that we all know and love called kickrunners.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>i'll start:</p>
<p>26mi today, with 20x300m track repeats on the indoor track.  heart rate 96, recovering to 63 during 30s rest intervals.   then i trained with the olympic boxing team, and spent the afternoon shooting free-throws.</p>

 

[Better than yesterday]

<p>I'm 46 and 3 months, so can I play too?  </p>
<p>8,000 pushups, 25 sets of planks held for 1 hour each ( I had to start this workout on Wednesday), and 10 miles at an easy 6:15 pace.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>

 

[dtoce]

<p>Well I'm really close on this one...46 years and 40 months...</p>
<p>30 recovery</p>

 

[Tamster]

<p>. . . somebody's tapering . . .</p>
<p> </p>
<p><span><img alt="icon_shaking2.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/icon_shaking2.gif" style="width:15px;height:15px;"></span></p>

 

[Better than yesterday]

<p>So what's dale's excuse?</p>

 

[Dove]

I got Dale beat - 46 years and 41 months.<br><br>
To celebrate I ran 46 miles and 41 yards today, then a couple hundred pull ups at the club before riding my bike back home (30 miles) and showering before going to work. Then my alarm went off, I woke up and realized it was a rest day.

 

[fred-urie]

<p>Great job guys. You bring tears to my eyes.</p>

 

[evanflein]

<p>Tammy, that was my first thought! I was gonna say I've got you all beat with 46 years plus 62 months, but then Fred showed up. <span><img alt="biggrin.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif"></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span>Nice dream, Dove, but you could've done it for real! (had me going there for a sec)</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span>I hit the gym at lunchtime for 17 minutes on the elliptical (2.2 miles on machine #7... I like #6 better, it's harder), then half mile walking on the indoor track and 15 minutes of crunches, planks and bird dogs for the ol' core. I'll run tonight, but just an easy 3 or so. I like doing these doubles, and if my run is successful it'll be my third day of double workouts this week. Cool.</span></p>

 

[Tamster]

<p>Erika, you aren't playing right. . .</p>
<p>or you are just being very humble . . .</p>
<p> </p>
<p>what you MEANT to say is that you did 17 miles on the elliptical, at the most difficult setting possible.  Then you walked the indoor track which was uphill all the way around. you perhaps even walked with ankle weights on, right? and because you are competitive in the plank department, I'm guessing what you really meant is that you did 26 sets of planks for 1 hr and 1 minute on each side.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>and then because you like doubles you are going to repeat this workout tonight and then have a cooldown run of an easy 13 miles.</p>

 

[evanflein]

<p>You know, you're right Tamster. What was I thinking. I'll try to open up more next time. <span><img alt="icon_joker.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/icon_joker.gif"></span></p>

 

[ripvanracer]

<p>Hey,  I'm 46!!  I remember back in my younger days (a couple years ago) when I was still a member of the Y, I made 120 free throws in a row.  Shooting free throws was my winter time killer when I would cut back on the work.   Today I ran up a mountain after remodeling a kitchen.</p>

 

[Better than yesterday]

<p>None of us has mentioned puking.  Is that a given?</p>

 

[CNYrunner]

<p>46 and 4 months here.....Just getting ready to head out for my three back-to-back Ironman distance workouts. Hope the Connecticut River isn't completely frozen and that the ice spikes on my bike will hold.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Puking? always a given</p>

 

[Better than yesterday]

<p>Yeah, that one is too believable too.  I just looked at the monthly and annual numbers for you CNY.</p>

 

[Labduck]

<p>I've been on the road all week, with stops in Pittsburgh, Fargo, Albuquerque, St. Louis, San Francisco, Seattle, Atlanta, Miami, Baltimore, Pittsburgh (again), and Kansas City.  Only manged 43 miles this week, my lowest in 29 years.</p>

 

[OrangeMat]

<p>97 miles on the treadmill this afternoon/evening, while listening to "War and Peace" on audiobook.</p>

 

[mcsolar99]

<p>turned into more workouts than i thought today.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>first i ran 17 ez on the towpath. the snow wasn't too bad, just 8-10 inches deep, so i wore my racing flats.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>but after my run we ran low on firewood, so i slapped on my cross-country skiis, strapped my chainsaw to my back, and skiied over to the edge of our 20 acre property to cut some firewood.  cut about 4 chords and stacked them onto a wooden sleigh (which i had carved from fallen trees with my chainsaw).  i strapped the harness on and tried to ski back home, towing the sled of firewood, but by that time the snow had iced and i couldn't get any traction.  so i had to take off my boots, slap on my vibrams, and haul the sleigh back up the hill to our house... so add about another 1-2 miles.</p>

 

[Opie]

<p>You guys are killing me!</p>

 

[Better than yesterday]

<p>Chainsaw.  Humph.</p>

 

[evanflein]

<p>Wrapped up my 100k in -25°F temps. No wind though, so the wind chill wasn't a factor. Felt good afterwards, might try another one tomorrow.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(better, Tamster??)</p>