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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I'd like to thank ya'll (thanks allie for showing me how to spell 'ya'll' correctly) for your concerns about my hamstring. Haven't run in a few days. It's a grade 1 strain to the origin of the biceps femoris tendon. Short head or long head? ya'll (I'm a fan of ya'll) cry.

Treatment and rehab is simple, but the cause is more problematic. Will have to run some tests on my worm-baited body.

Aleph asked where I learned Positional Release (PR). So, for aleph, here goes. Many moons ago I trained as a physical therapist and actually wrote a book called, 'Complete Sports Massage Therapist' (ISBN-10: 0750654783) - check it out, the blurbs's at 'the vanguard of [blurbing] excellence'. Your old da was quite famous in his day (if I say so myself and I do) until I gave it all up for a quieter life away from the razzle-dazzle and rigmarole and pizzazz of the paparazzi, snapping me in my pyjamas leaving hotels with A class female celebrities. Wink wink. Truth is, I was a mediocre therapist - a dilettante; a quack.

Hope to get out for a jog/test on Sunday. Ya'll just have to sit tight and wait and see what happens to poor old little me. Penelope Pit-Stop?

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Comments
From aleph on Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 11:06:43 from 71.62.246.146

Oh, dear... I didn't sat anything yesterday to be polite, but it's actually "y'all" (: sorry allie

From aleph on Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 11:10:35 from 71.62.246.146

Also, to help everyone else:

http://www.holisticpage.com.au/CompleteSportsMassageTherapist_JohnStarrett%7C9780750654784

From Bam on Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 12:12:36 from 86.40.144.196

Hay-ulp - I'm a damsel in distress, now little old me is all confused. Is it, ya'll or is it y'all? Maybe I should drive over there to little old America in my chauggaboom and ask my good friends, the Ant Hill Mob, whether 'tis ya'll or y'all? Perhaps I should shut up and go and make dinner for the old lady before she catches me messing around on the computer.

From aleph on Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 14:56:40 from 174.252.103.173

Do + not = don't

You + all = y'all

From Bam on Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 15:33:14 from 86.40.144.196

Thanks aleph - sorted. Makes perfect sense. I'm going to introduce the word into my household. Got a sneaking suspicion that my eldest daughter (9)will correct me if I use y'all incorrectly. Nothing more embarrassing than your old fella trying to be cool.

From allie on Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 17:20:29 from 76.23.55.215

y'all are correct; y'all is correct.

my fingers work faster than my brain sometimes...

hope the hamstring is feeling better. good luck with the test run tomorrow.

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