not giving up on the comeback

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Member Since:

Feb 19, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Half Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

2:43 Marathon

1:17:45 Half Marathon

59:09 10 miles

17:15 5k

Still Running (again) after all these years

Short-Term Running Goals:

get back to it and not be a fat blob

Long-Term Running Goals:

Enjoy running my whole life

Personal:

Married 21 years- - two kids - 18 year old boy and  15 year old girl
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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Tue, Sep 18, 2012
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Today went a little better than yesterday, but my quads still are sore, which is just wrong.  That's what I get when I get after taking a week+ off.  At least my heart and lungs were a little more happy today.  

I will do my 5 mile race on Saturday but will be lucky to hold any decent pace.  This is disappointing cause this is a favorite race in the fall.  I'll just have to take it as a good measure of my fitness.  

This year has had its ups and downs.  I can't seem to hold any momentum in my training.  Need to sit back and take a look at why, I suppose.  Most likely I'll just keep plugging away and try to train smarter.  I can't run like I'm 38 anymore.  Probably need to maintain a focus on quality vs quantity.  

5 @ 7:39 ave pace 

Weight: 146.00
Comments
From Smooth on Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 07:30:39 from 65.130.14.36

It stinks sometimes to see how quickly we loose our fitness if we take a little R&R, huh! No worries, your fitness and base are there.

So sorry this hasn't been a good year with your training. I read some threads on Letsrun about master runners plateauing and how they cut back on mileage but put in rest days or cross training that their legs are happier and able to improve on their 10k times!

You are a great runner and wicked fast in my book. Good luck on Sat. ! :)

From timp on Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 10:53:42 from 99.110.188.230

Yeah Smooth, I am surprised how much my legs are feeling it so far this week. It is weird.

And I sure need to work in some more bike work in the next year. Once I get a new job and get a little money security I am going to get a new entry level road bike so I can add that. I think that really helped my fitness while out last summer.

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