The WEEKLY for Jan 31-Feb 6

Fortunate One · Jan 31, 2011

Plans: Post 'em if you've got 'em.
Question: for you, what is mysterious about running? 
Sorry the totals were delayed this week. Jet lag, among other things.
 
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Tamster: 24.5 M, date night after 2 days rest (no comment)
 
JJJessee: 20.95 M. This is a guy who likes to do what he feels like and not a 0.05 M more.
 
Hally: 5.5 M, 1 hr ellip, 2.5 M snowshoeing
 
OM: 40.1 M (after thinking she wouldn't hit 40 again) and yoga
 
Heme: 26.6 M, getting ready to gear up for a 50K in 4 months
 
Opie: 29 M and some deep tissue massage
 
HappyFeat: 32 M again. Consistency is good
 
FortunateOne: 9 M running, 6 M walking on the beach, and 6 hr waiting on the tarmac
 
Labduck: {{Lab}}
 
Evanflein: 54.5 M, with some walking, ellip and weights too
 
BTY: 33.5 M and extensive core work. Winter won't last forever!
 
Paul: 52.7 M with 2 rest days. WTG, Paul.
 
Dove: 47 M, with the week's plan derailed by food poisoning {Dove}
 
Fred-urie: come back when you feel like it
 
JJVoo: you gotta gimme the total of what you actually did, Jimmy
 
Baba O'Riley: I'll post your total here if you update last week's weekly thread
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hally · Jan 31, 2011

Thanks FO!
Let me consult my Ouija board and get back to you with that answer.
Monday=2 miles
Tuesday rest
Wednesday=30 min elliptical 30 min weights
Thursday=30 min elliptical
Friday=2.1 miles
Saturday=2.25 miles 30 min weights
Sunday=3 miles
 
Totals
9.35 miles
elliptical twice weights twice

Opie · Jan 31, 2011

I guess the mystery for me is how we as masters runners can continue, not only to run, but even improve, that running can change us in a positive way when so many other changes at this time can be negative or there is very little change.
 
Speaking of change, I will post the plan but as Paul mentioned in the daily, old man winter is banging on the door so we shall see...
Although I don't have a marathon scheduled, we're starting to look at a goal time of 3:52, taking my goal half time x 2 +10 min., so I'm supposed to start running the Yasso 800's in 3 min., 52 sec. 4 min. would be more typical in the past.
 
Day.......................Plan.........................................................................................................................................................................................................Actual
Monday...lunch yoga; after work, swim 45 minutes + run 3 miles....................................................................................................................done-3 mi. + the other stuff
Tuesday...rest....................................................................................................................................................................................................................done
Wednesday...maybe XC ski................................................................................................................................................................................done-about 26 minutes
Thursday...treadmill: warmup, (800m x 3) + (400m x 4), cooldown......................................................................................................................................done-8 mi.
Friday.......more snow, so resting..........................................................................................................................................................................................done
Saturday...LR............................................................................................................................................................................................................done-10.41 mi.
Sunday.....6-8 mi. if weather cooperates..............................................................................................................................................done-6 mi. with 3.5 tempo in the middle
 
Total.................................................................................................................................................................................................27.41 mi.

OrangeMat · Jan 31, 2011

Thanks FO. The thought that came to me as I was running this morning was about how when you set out looking for bliss, you don't find it, and that it happens when you're not really trying for it. Those blissfully perfect runs, every so often we get one and then we try so hard to replicate the conditions in order to get a taste of that perfection again.... I suppose that's a mystery in a way. I'd like to think that the bliss does exist, just that we're trying too hard to "find" it, and so we miss the mark. I guess just having faith that it is out there somewhere, and if we just run with the best of intentions, the bliss will find us.
 
Another wide-open week for me. All the merrier.

Mon........... 4 miles
Tue............ 60 min stationary bike (16 miles), 3 miles (TM)
Wed.......... 7 miles (TM intervals) ***INJURY***
Thur........... rest day, 45 min (11 miles) stationary bike
Fri............. yoga at home
Sat............ yoga class
Sun........... yoga class, 65 minutes (7.2 miles) elliptical
 
totals: 14 miles run, 27 miles stationary bike, 7.2 miles elliptical, 3x yoga
 
....hmm, perhaps the mystery is how long can I go without an injury... ok, gonna take some time off from here for a while, have to seriously get my butt out of a sling and keep it that way!

Tamster · Jan 31, 2011

Thanks FO!
 
hmmm, interesting question . . . yet, I don't have an answer to that one. maybe my caffeine hasn't quite kicked in to get my brain in high gear.
 
plans for the week:
 
mon: ..... run ................. 4.2 mi
tues: ..... intervals .......... busy day. no time to run
wed: ...... rest ................ 9.5 mi w/ 6x4 min intervals at 7:30 pace
thu: ....... run ................. 4 mi
fri: .......... run ................. rest, under the weather
sat: ........ long run (15) ..... 13 miles
sun: ....... short run ........... lazy
 
total mileage: 30.7

Dove · Jan 31, 2011

Three things about running puzzle me: How come the best runs happen when you start out feeling awful? How come running long (4 or more hours for me) seems to "fix" all the niggly aches and pains? and finally, how come, no matter what the distance, the first 3 miles and the last 10% are always hard?
 
This week I should cut back a bit, but I don't really want to.
 
Monday: rest................................................................weights
Tuesday: 6..................................................................6 miles
Wednesday: 10............................................................8 miles
Thursday: 6.................................................................8 miles
Friday: 6.....................................................................weights
Saturday: ? maybe 12 on the trail?................................4 miles
Sunday: depends on what I do on Saturday....................10 miles
 
Total: 2 weight sessions, 36 miles running

evanflein · Jan 31, 2011

Thanks, FO! The most mysterious thing to me about running is that sometimes the best runs happen at the most illogical times. Like when I'm tired. Or just ran hard the day before. And sometimes the runs you have to really force yourself to get out to do, end up being really really nice. I don't get it, but it works! (of course, the flip side is the sucky runs when everything should be good... don't understand those either, but they happen!)
 
Monday: 12 minutes (1.5 miles) elliptical, 20 minutes weights at lunch; 4 hilly miles run and a .5 mile walk after work
Tuesday: 17:20 minutes (2.2 miles) elliptical, 10 minutes abs/core; 6.3 snowy miles and .5 mile walk after work
Wednesday: 8.1 hilly miles outside, 3.43 on the treadmill for 11.5 total, and .4 mile walk c/d
Thursday: 12 minutes (1.4 miles) elliptical, 25 minutes weights, 6.2 miles run on the treadmill, .8 mile walking
Friday: No run; travel to Juneau late afternoon
Saturday: 11.1 mile tempo run, 7:59 avg pace (weee!), .4 mile walk
Sunday: 21.4 miles run, 8:22 pace on ice, snow and dry pavement, 1.3 mile walk
 
Totals: 60.6 miles run, 3.9 miles walked, 5.1 miles elliptical and weights

HappyFeat · Jan 31, 2011

I would echo Dove's post...my thoughts exactly! Well except for the running "4 hours" part since I've never done that; but it does seem that it takes about 4 miles to work the kinks out.
 
Monday:............ 5....................DONE, each mile 15 seconds faster than the last. Rt calf tight and crampy from the weekend run.
Tuesday: ...........4....................DONE...slowly..but perhaps not slow enough to be a "recovery run." Rt calf fine; now Lt AT tight.
Wednesday:.......8....................DONE...alternating every 1/4 mile faster and slower by 15 seconds; was harder than last week - and slower by 2 minutes.
Thursday: ..........4...................ZIP....yoga seemed the wiser choice tonight.
Friday:..............Rest................yoga again.
Saturday:...........12..................10 seemed wiser and went very well, managed to keep my pace slower than last week and closer to the goal.
 Rt AT tight again..I suspect the TM is the cause. Lt upper shin hurt when walking to car..hope nothing's brewing there.
Sunday:...........Rest................
 
Total: 27
 
Note for next week: scrap the newly introduced twice weekly speed workout and just do one a week until legs adjust to the added demand.

JJVoo · Jan 31, 2011

Monday:............ rest 24:00:00....................
Tuesday: ...........0:45:00....................
Wednesday:......1:30:00.................... 
Thursday: ..........0:45:00....................
Friday:.............1:30:00.................
Saturday:...........0:45:00..................
Sunday:...........2:05:00................
 
What is mysterious about running? 
The "missing time" during long runs and the tiny heart-rate monitor implants I keep sneezing out afterwards.
When the implant is put under a microscope, one can see a tiny "Polar, The Pleiades" logo on it.
Mysterious.
 
--Jimmy

Hemerocallus · Feb 1, 2011

I'll echo Erika's comment. I've given up trying to analyse the good runs and the bad, except where the reason is obvious, which isn't very often.
 
This week?
 
M............. 4
T.............. spin
W............. 5.7
T ............. 5.8
F.............. XT/core / massage
S.............. 12.1
S............. rest
 
Alien abductions, Jimmy?? <img alt="rolleyes.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/rolleyes.gif">
 
Total: 27.6 miles

Fortunate One · Feb 2, 2011

It is a mystery how something so demanding (of time, discipline, money, friendships, pain, injury, etc.) can be so satisfying and addictive.
 
My plan (and what's done):
M............. rest
T.............. volleyball
W............. 6 M on TM with 2 @ tempo pace
T ............. volleyball
F.............. 4 M on TM, snow shoveling
S.............. 13 M and snow shoeing
S.............. unplanned rest to deal with foot discomfort
 
Total: 23 M

Paul · Feb 6, 2011

Thanks F.O.
 
M - 8 miles
T - snow shoveling
W - recovery from snow shoveling
Th - recovery from snow shoveling
F - recovery from snow shoveling
Sa - 10.9 miles
Su - 6 miles
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Total - 24.9 miles
 
Paul

JJJessee · Feb 7, 2011

Thanks FO,
The mystery to me is "getting to the most efficient gait, heel and knee lift, generally "perfecting form" seems to lie outside the grasp of reason.
 
 
Topsyturvy tough week for me.
I only ran twice.
 
S...7.9 with fartleks
S...15 miles of single track trudging.
 
JJJ.....22.9

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