*** Runners' Team * 50+ and 100+ Miles in May *

meerkat70

4m elliptical. (I decided against running in the hail... :-)

cowgirlslikeus86

5/14 - 3.2 miles + 3.4 Mile trail run = 6.6
5/15 - 6.4 Trail run


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Cooriander

CarsonRuns said:

Just crossed 100 miles of running for the month.

I should hit 1,000 for the year by the end of the weekend.

Slacker! I'm at 1124.

OMY I need to to some building up.

Cooriander

dsharpie said:

Off a couple miles on the spreadsheet.

5/8 - 3
5/9 - 7
5/10 -6
5/12 - 7
5/13 - 3

total for last week - 26

I missed the mileage for 5/10 (: added that hin.

Cooriander

Half way point!!!

Congrats everyone - we are doing GREAT as a team - our cumulative mileage is also at the HALF way point (almost - light green).

Woot woot to the folks who ran beyond their half way points:

TazzytheMotiv
sufikitkat
Mceastes
wombat94
trogers802
Kwika
johnsedwick
Weathers58
bigtone34
dorseykm
muzmacol
pmkelly409
cowgirlslikeu
czmmom
flabulous4
Cooriander
jeffrey2584
nwhitley
sarahc001
momofJandA
meerkat70
tummz02
CarsonRuns
pafagel
dsak
dsharpie
sweetcouchpot
manda127
Zoekat05

Cooriander

Just signup up for my first full marathon, Oct 7th! Still got time to train. Worried about the 20 mile training runs - that seems really far. LOL. :noway: but I think I can get there :happy:

nwhitley

5 miles tonight
Total for the month: 59 miles
Yay!! I'm almost there!

nwhitley

You can do it!! The first couple of 20 mile runs will be exhausting, but it will get easier. You have plenty of time. Good for you for signing up and making the commitment. Thanks again for keeping track of our mileage!!

Just signup up for my first full marathon, Oct 7th! Still got time to train. Worried about the 20 mile training runs - that seems really far. LOL. :noway: but I think I can get there :happy:

dsharpie

So cool, that will be the same day as my 1st marathon. Which one are you doing?

I did 4 slow miles today. 5/15

3dogsrunning

6 miles yesterday.
Tuesday track today - great workout but short on distance - if my math is correct around 2 miles.

lcnelson

30 day shred is kicking my *kitten*!! Am SO behind. Got in 7 today

Total =24.5

Cooriander

nwhitley said:

You can do it!! The first couple of 20 mile runs will be exhausting, but it will get easier. You have plenty of time. Good for you for signing up and making the commitment. Thanks again for keeping track of our mileage!!

Just signup up for my first full marathon, Oct 7th! Still got time to train. Worried about the 20 mile training runs - that seems really far. LOL. :noway: but I think I can get there :happy:

Thanks I like it as a motivator to get to the longer distances.

Cooriander

dsharpie said:

So cool, that will be the same day as my 1st marathon. Which one are you doing?

I did 4 slow miles today. 5/15

I signed up for the Steamtown marathon - it has an interesting elevation map: http://www.steamtownmarathon.com/4.html downhill most of the way (can be bad on knees), and then some slight hill at the very end that people don't like ... LOL.

I am definitely going to train going downhill.

I was looking at the Mohawk Hudson River Marathon, - supposed to be really good and a friend of mine signed up for it - but it sold out.

Which one are you doing?

Cooriander

Check out this calculator - you can predict other distances by using your time for other distances, e.g., I used my 10K time to see my predicted time for a half marathon. I am running a half this weekend and I want to break 2 hours. And the Calculator says I can :laugh: I will try to remember that while I am running the half Sunday. I feel a bit unready for this distance but I will give it a try.

http://www.mcmillanrunning.com/index.php/calcUsage/calculate

meerkat70

3.4 miles this morning. It's *gorgeous* out there!

Leanz

16 May 3.11 miles in freezing weather!
Ticker updated

CarsonRuns

dsharpie said:

So cool, that will be the same day as my 1st marathon. Which one are you doing?

I did 4 slow miles today. 5/15

I signed up for the Steamtown marathon - it has an interesting elevation map: http://www.steamtownmarathon.com/4.html downhill most of the way (can be bad on knees), and then some slight hill at the very end that people don't like ... LOL.

I am definitely going to train going downhill.

I was looking at the Mohawk Hudson River Marathon, - supposed to be really good and a friend of mine signed up for it - but it sold out.

Which one are you doing?

Both Steamtown and Mohawk Hudson were on my list for 2012 Fall Marathon. Both are fast, and my goal is to qualify for Boston this Fall. I decided on Baystate in Lowell MA though.

Couple things. Do train downhill, but don't do long downhill runs at your projected marathon pace. You'll shred your quads and won't be about to run for days. Do short downhill repeats, like 4x400m at marathon pace, building to maybe 6x1200m at the most. This will give you the adaptations that you need without crushing you for days. Do this no more than every 2 weeks.

As for the 20 miler, don't worry about that. Remember, you will run a 16, 17, 18, etc. before you get there. What's one more mile?

Train smart and you'll have fun and you'll be itching to do another one.

pafagel

Monday 7.4, Tuesday 6.9 and today Wednesday 7.9 miles.

i_am_asparagus

Another 5K, 28.5 miles for the month.

utes09

4 more today!

30 for the month.