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.
5 a.m. - 3.5 miles progressive - just like a Kenyan. Mile splits: 8:38, 8:08, 7:30, and 3:30 for the final half mile. And yes, I got myself a cheeky little Garmin. Got the Forerunner 110 – it doesn’t tell you how many goji berries to sprinkle over your granola, but it does distance and pace; what an invention. Back in my day we ran hard for an hour (5.10 pace) and called it a short 7 miler. But then we measured the run on a map (7 or 8 times) with a piece of string and recorded it as a nippy 11. Oh yeah, those were the days. Great to be out there again and felt better than I thought I would, all things considered.
When I got back, I gave the ironing basket the eye – the look that suggested you know the score kidda: I took you out yesterday. Full of the joys, I considered some strength and core work. Decided that mopping the kitchen floor would count as stretching, strength and core work rolled into one plus, I’d earn points with the old lady…
Turns out, when I was in the living room eating my granola - with a healthy sprinkling of goji berries - and trying to fathom my Garmin, the old lady was in the kitchen ferreting for her breakfast. She only went and slipped on the wet floor. Pancakes everywhere. Went berserk, so she did. Ho hum.
Night Sleep Time: 8.00
Nap Time: 0.00
Total Sleep Time: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Jake K on Fri, Nov 04, 2011 at 10:18:30 from 155.100.226.53
I have the Garmin 110. I really like it. No extra frills... all I want is total distance and 1 mile splits on my tempo runs, just like you would get in a race. It does the job perfectly. Plus, it looks like a normal watch!
From Bam on Fri, Nov 04, 2011 at 10:27:43 from 86.40.14.211
Jake - Is it possible to recall your mile splits? I did it off memory today. I'm just thinking that when I up the length of my runs/do efforts it will be difficult to remember the splits, especially at my age. But I agree, it looks normal(ish) and it's perfect for distance and splits.
From Jake K on Fri, Nov 04, 2011 at 10:30:10 from 155.100.226.53
The only downside of this watch is that you can only see your splits AFTER you hook the watch up to the computer. You can't view them on the screen. I'm not sure how they weren't able to program that ability into the watch.
From Bam on Fri, Nov 04, 2011 at 10:33:18 from 86.40.14.211
Thanks for that. I'll get the little manual out and see if I can hook the watch up to the computer etc. It's all very exciting.
From Russ on Fri, Nov 04, 2011 at 11:01:37 from 74.114.3.253
Nice one getting a Garmin - it is a handy gadget. Too bad about the pancakes all over the wet floor as I'm sure they were delicious. Food wasted is always a shame, not to mention the points you thought you earned going out the window. Such a shame.
From ACorn on Fri, Nov 04, 2011 at 12:12:45 from 68.66.168.22
Nice run Bam and congrats on the watch! I've got the clunkier 305.
I am not man enough to incorporate your strength and stretch routine into my regimen.
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