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So a group of us in the 30's thread are going to start a thread wherein we share our training ideas, post our workouts, and answer to each other (read: give each other shit about skipping a workout or running too slow - or just plain old being lazy like <b>Baggs</b>)<br><br>
We need a catchy name - since the ones I've already talked to are guys in their 30's trying to push back the clock, I thought MAD RAT (Middle Aged Dudes Racing Against Time). Team Taint was a name I saw at a triathlon that always made me giggle (especially when they started yelling "Viva la taint!"<img alt="wink.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/wink.gif">.<br><br>
I'm not sure how others do training threads but what I was thinking was for folks to share their goal race and time, current PR for that distance, what they want to focus on in their training, and the next week's workouts.<br><br>
My goal race is NYC Marathon shooting for a 2:47 with 2:45 as my stretch goal. Current PR is 2:53 at Boston 2006 but I think I'm in better shape than that - I was geared up for a 2:50 this year @ Boston but with the weather being what it was I went out easy rather than risk a DNF (ran a 2:55 with a 1 minute neg split - felt awesome throughout).<br><br>
I'm not officially kicking off my NYC training until mid August as I've already got a big endurance base to work off - I'm going with a shorter 12 week program this time, focusing on hard speed (short, hard intervals and short races) the first 5 weeks and then strength (longer intervals and tempo runs, hills, and tune-up marathons) the last 7 leading up to the race. I've got an important test this weekend to make sure I'm starting where I think I am shape-wise - I'm pacing the San Francisco Marathon and I'm hoping to pace the 3 hour group the entire way (right now I may pace the 3:00 group for the first half, stand there for 5 minutes and finish up with the 3:10 group - which is the group I normally pace). What I want is to run a 2:59 and have it feel pretty easy - that would be the sign that I'm in the kind of shape I think I'm in and ready to tackle the program I've laid out.<br><br>
Since most of you may already be into your program, give us some background and post your workouts. We've been trading ideas and I think folks got some new things to try in their training which will hopefully lead to a bunch of kick ass results!
We need a catchy name - since the ones I've already talked to are guys in their 30's trying to push back the clock, I thought MAD RAT (Middle Aged Dudes Racing Against Time). Team Taint was a name I saw at a triathlon that always made me giggle (especially when they started yelling "Viva la taint!"<img alt="wink.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/wink.gif">.<br><br>
I'm not sure how others do training threads but what I was thinking was for folks to share their goal race and time, current PR for that distance, what they want to focus on in their training, and the next week's workouts.<br><br>
My goal race is NYC Marathon shooting for a 2:47 with 2:45 as my stretch goal. Current PR is 2:53 at Boston 2006 but I think I'm in better shape than that - I was geared up for a 2:50 this year @ Boston but with the weather being what it was I went out easy rather than risk a DNF (ran a 2:55 with a 1 minute neg split - felt awesome throughout).<br><br>
I'm not officially kicking off my NYC training until mid August as I've already got a big endurance base to work off - I'm going with a shorter 12 week program this time, focusing on hard speed (short, hard intervals and short races) the first 5 weeks and then strength (longer intervals and tempo runs, hills, and tune-up marathons) the last 7 leading up to the race. I've got an important test this weekend to make sure I'm starting where I think I am shape-wise - I'm pacing the San Francisco Marathon and I'm hoping to pace the 3 hour group the entire way (right now I may pace the 3:00 group for the first half, stand there for 5 minutes and finish up with the 3:10 group - which is the group I normally pace). What I want is to run a 2:59 and have it feel pretty easy - that would be the sign that I'm in the kind of shape I think I'm in and ready to tackle the program I've laid out.<br><br>
Since most of you may already be into your program, give us some background and post your workouts. We've been trading ideas and I think folks got some new things to try in their training which will hopefully lead to a bunch of kick ass results!
59). Most likely a sub-3:00 attempt.<br><br>
