Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) (Page 92)

Originally posted by crews

Originally posted by Muskrat37

Originally posted by Richardsdrr JOGO 7 of 7, done Opted for 40 min on Trainer Road again. Thought I'd use the pedal motion to stretch off the foot.

Will someone please explain what getting your "JOGO" done for the day is. I know JOGO the manatee, but when did the username turn into a verb, and what does it mean?

x2. I thought I had read all of the posts, but I must have missed something somewhere

I've been called a lot of things but this is the first time I've been called a "verb".

I think the jogo thing, which was resurrected by request, is back on page 75 or so with an explanation.   It is just an accountability thing and gives us all the right to stalk you and trash talk you if you can't do something for a measly 30 minutes per day that is off the couch.   Participation is optional.  Your 30 days can start anywhere between now and June 1.   I still have room on the spreadsheet.

So while Mutti was having her root canal today and Kristin stayed by her side, I wandered off in search of some kind of nourishment that would be amenable to a macerated throat (I'm sick today. Like, in bed all day in jeans sick because too tired to change).

Early morning so the only thing open in the adjoining mall was a Burger King. Hot salty grease; why not?

Sweetest little piglets, I was the first customer, so they upsized me for free and threw in an extra order of onion rings and doubled the tomato/lettuce/onion on the burger (veggies ... right?). I think if I'd stood there smiling and fluttering at them long enough they would have just given me the whole thing free ...

So I take a look at their name tags to thank them by name, and ... I have never seen THAT name before, so I politely asked, "How do you pronounce that?" Have a look ... yup, exactly like that. Gives a whole new meaning ... "Fachmie, it's Whopper Time!"

I think you do it very well indeed - and you're there for your friends which is very important and in the words of Vinnie Tortorich you really do put the life into living.

Think of us tonight. It's going to be a wild ride. We're under a tornado watch now (watch means conditions are favorable). One on the ground -- a monster one -- a couple counties north of us. So far, no report of damage, but the radar showed a debris field. Mixed information.

At the pool this afternoon, we were watching the storm build to the north of us. It was awesome -- meaning it filled all of us with awe. Even the lifeguards couldn't take their eyes off of it. And the wind picked up again. It almost blew me over as I was standing at the pool watching Jayson play.

We discussed our family tornado protocol at lunch today.

I still want to go out for a run. I've run during tornado watches before, without problem. Still thinking about it. I just need to get out there for 30 minutes or so.

My favourite pic - you in your cycling gear!  woohoo!

Training question: I know random...

I think I need to adjust my HR zones.  I did a 20 min test back in 2011 but haven't done one since.  Since I just raced a sprint, could I use my average HR over my run and plug that into the LT to get my zones?  That is pretty close to a 20 min test no?

The wind is so demoralizing. I can relate to that feeling.

What in the two plans do you think would lead to injury? The total mileage per week? Or something else?

If you're aiming for pretty close, use the 2011 numbers ;-)

Just reading the article, I would guess that your coach is more on the Pfitz plan/philosophy? Or is that an oversimplification.

I like the idea of more miles at MP and less frequent, shorter long runs.

My coach mostly uses Daniels' Running formula, or at least he used VDOT to prescribe workouts.

He more or less gives us control of our overall training plan as he understands everyone is different and some things work better for some people.

What's nice about Daniels' is that it's  based on percentages of your mileage. So, for instance, R pace (repetition, so your very fastest training) should not surpass 5% of your weekly mileage. All you have to do is figure out what kind of weekly mileage you are doing and then be sure you are doing the correct variety of different workouts. That makes it easy to manage a whole team of different people doing different mileage. 

Now, what I find interesting about Hansons is that they run tempo runs at marathon pace. I think it's fantastic to get a lot of marathon pace running in there, particularly for those who need to work on really "feeling" pace but I wonder what happens when you are more or less neglecting working at lactate threshold. 

It's all about learning as you go. I certainly don't recommend and advanced Pfitz plan for you, I am just showing how Hansons differs from a more traditional plan. 

Strava KOM on my way home today. I am officially hooked.

No one needs to know the wind was at my back, do they?

Somewhere in there it says that the race predictions are close to that of McMillan, so one would not have to be an experienced marathoner to do the marathon pace workouts. Just have a reasonable idea of current fitness and use the calculator to figure out what the MP would be at the time. Go a little conservative if that seems a bit worrisome, though that brings up another question that Adrienne noticed as well.

I also wonder about LT development with all the MP running. It could depend a lot on the ability of the runner following it. A 5+ hr runner and 2:30 runner just are not going to be working at the same effort level which would mean a notable difference in how hard they are training at.