Taper Madness

[Beach Dweller]

No rest for the weary. I figure I can do a 14 week training cycle (started this week) to get ready for MB Marathon in mid-February . . . IF I can find that balance between recovering from Ridge to Bridge 3 weeks ago and building more fitness & speed. Here goes.

M - Rest
T - 4 (1 at 8:55, tempos at 7:52 and 7:45, last at 8:55)
W - 8 (9:19 pace, easy)
T - 4 (easy, no watch, no splits)
F - 6 (3 at/near tempo, about 9:21 pace for the easy miles, 7:52 pace for the tempos)
S - 5.5 for Ryan Shay (9:31 pace)
S - 12 (treated it as a 20/10 long run: 9:2x pace first half, 8:4x pace second half)

Total for Week: 39.5
YTD: 1888
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"And we run because we like it, through the broad bright land." Charles Hamilton Sorley

[Rita]

not much of a week...

M-0-tired. parent teacher conference
Tu-0-quads sore
W-0-quads still a bit sore, out with track group (fund raiser for coach's Olympic quest)
Th-0-work holiday luncheon, it's started already...
F-3 on the treadmill while listening to my kid play his violin(*)
Sa-10, thought about Ryan Shay & his parents
Su-4 after sleeping 11 hours

17...
(*)I'm going to do 'short doubles' starting this week as I get on the treadmill while I listen to my kid practice, instead of getting on the computer... maybe I can boost my miles as well as his practice time..
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"We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves..." Sir Roger Bannister

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[Doug Branscombe]

Last week before my last scheduled race of the year.

Mon: Rest
Tue: Run 8.8 miles
Wed: Run 6.0 miles, 8x400: 1:36, 1:36, 1:37, 1:37, 1:36, 1:39, 1:36, 1:36
Thu: Run 5.0 miles, Exercise Bike 1:45 (got stuck in a smoking room at the hotel, the gym didn't reek of smoke like my room!)
Fri: Run 4.2 miles
Sat: Rest
Sun: Run 9.1 miles (then sat at swim meet for 8 hours!)

Weekly: 33.1 miles
YTD: 1444 (passed last year's total)
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Doug BranSCombe

[Ric H.]

Hey Doug, sounds like you either didn't ask for a different room or they wouldn't accomodate you. I would write the company and complain maybe you could get a little cush back or a comp. In any event I hope you let them know.
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And who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory or defeat. Theodore Roosevelt

Marathon Maniac #721 4 stars

A double is an ultramarathon with nap time in the middle - Clare King MM # 338 AKA trail queen