50+ Weekly Training Thread

muddy girl

Belated Happy Birthday. 50 has been said to be that point at which we leave the ranks of the "old,young" and join the legions of"young, old".

btw, great leadoff to the main Master's thread this week.

it's interesting that nearly all of us go for not a lot of shoe, and it's hard to believe that, with the seasoning all of you represent, it's a jumping-on-the-barefoot-running-bandwagon thing. (i say "you," because i'd say i'm a relative newcomer to running.)

muddy girl, even though i'm just 50 minus 6 months, i started posting because my body suddenly started acting old this year, including anemia and ankle problems (and stress fracture and achilles and hip flexor and whatever crops up as the next injury of the week!). for the anemia, i take ferrochel (at "sarah's" suggestion), which is supposed to be better absorbed than standard iron formulations. because of the ankle of mine that keeps rolling, i also have to stay off the trails, but i'm okay on the grass and smooth dirt. i just started taping the outside of the ankle, and this helps stabilize it.

Welcome Muddy Girl. Congrats on entering a new age group! Sorry that your ankle is giving you problems.

Rich (from So Cal)

5 hours and change of running for me this week, almost all on grass.

I'm running in Asics Cumulus.

Anyone else have a hard time falling asleep as you add miles?

Yes I get a touch of insomnia at times which is partly

due to upping the mileage.

Haven't posted on this thread before, but it looks like

one I can learn from.

HRE aren't you a bit young for this thread?

Any solutions to the insomnia as the miles go up? I'd like to keep the miles, but the insomnia needs to go.

Is there some nutritional, dietary, or vitamin deficiency going on with higher miles?

I take over the counter sleep medications and

have not seemed to build up a tolerance or

dependence on them.

I have had good luck with melatonin and thnigs

like Sominex OTC.

Eventually you get used to the higher mileage. At

least as far as insomnia goes.

Bob Wildes wrote:

HRE aren't you a bit young for this thread?

It just seems that way to you because you're so much older than me.

Derek Clayton's birthday is tomorrow. He will

be 67 I think.

Another great week of posts! You guys got me thinking if I should try doing a few more runs in my T-5's.

Muddy girl and Bob, welcome aboard! And the new age group Mg

Arete, have you dropped some weight since the increase? I've had trouble with sleep in the past too and it seemed to help me to eat a little more especially something right before I go to bed. And when I get up in the middle of the night like I usually do I eat a banana or something and that helps me get back to sleep quicker.

A great week to all!

BHRR1 - another topic for discussion maybe next week? Miles/sleep

Lots of running in the riverbed on sand and soft dirt. Also many runs on well groomed grass.

For training, the new Nike Luna series really works for me. The Lunaglide is a good everyday trainer, while the less expensive Avant is a great speedwork shoe on the roads. The Lunaracer is a favorite for marathons. One of my training partners ran CIM last year in them and he weighs 200+ pounds!

My favorite racing shoes are the Nike Zoom Kantana Star which is now discontinued, and the Nike Air Zoom Streaks (white with red) which was probably discontinued more than 5 years ago. Of course my all time fav was the original Nike Mariah, the ones that Salazar wore in New York one year, as did Lisa Ondeiki in her silver medal finish in Seoul. Cream with a navy swoosh....it was the best!

From 154 pounds to 151-152, which doesn't seem that significant. I'm giving melatonin another try. It went well last night. :)

Thanks for the suggestion. I have more hope finding an answer in the experience of fellow runners than elsewhere.

Arete, I do a lot of work in Psychiatric care and we use chamomile tea to help some of our clients sleep. It has a very low level sedating effect and it won't do you any harm even if it doesn't help you sleep.

Not quite what the BeeGee's recommended last night on DWTS.

However, the chamomile tea is certainly a safe and valid place to start in our search for a "Night Fever" cure.

Thank you for the tip, mopak! I'll give it a try.

Late to the party this week;

410 minutes for the week

4 x 3 miles Tempo with 800 meter jog breaks on Sunday(15 miles total)

Currently Nike Air Pegasus 26 in an attempt to find a shoe that is everywhere to take advantage of internet close outs.