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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11:00 a.m. - 5 miles. 2.5 out and back. First half of the run felt fine and dan-day, clipped along at 7:30 pace. Ah, but the second half was a different story. Wind and gentle incline - turned watch off so that I wouldn't feel destroyed when I crawled home. At least the miles are in the bank. Ran later today because I was up most of the night with a sickening child - nothing major.

On the food front, experimented with a cheeky little avocado and orange spread speckled with cayenne pepper. Jakers, what a creation. No more butter or margarine for the old fella. From now on, Bam's AOC spread will grace his homemade wholegrain bread (I haven't made any bread yet, but I intend to get round to it - it's a bit like P.N.F. , M.E.T., A.I.S., postional release and trigger pointing: you know you should do them, but you never get round to it. Well all that's a-changing).

On the positional release front, it's a must if you suffer with aching muscles and tendons. I especially recommend it for lower limb stiffness etc. Don't stretch. Do positional release. Amazing stuff.

RHR 52

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From aleph on Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 15:45:52 from 67.63.231.130

seriously how on earth do you survive on 6 hours of sleep

From Bam on Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 16:29:49 from 86.40.147.248

aleph, it's 9.25 p.m. on the Emerald Isle and I've just got back from 2hrs of teaching Macbeth. I'm that tired I feel like the somnambulant Lady Macbeth and if any kid is sick tonight, there might be mayhem and murder in my household. I haven't survived too well on 6hrs sleep.

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