I've been meaning to write a post about keeping your body in top shape during blocks of heavy training (and I know what I'm doing is moderate by most standards but it's the hardest I've ever consistently trained). I'm really trying to nail down the things that make me feel better and experiment with recommendations from other runners to find more recovery tricks. So if you're interested look for that soon!
Now onto the nuts and bolts fun:
Monday: 10 minute warm up, walk at 8% incline for 5 minutes, walk at 2% incline for 2 minutes, cool down. Ab Ripper X afterwards. Total: 4.5 miles
Tuesday: 2 mile warm up, 3 x 10 minutes at 5k pace with 3 minutes recovery between, 1 mile cool down. Total: 7 miles
Wednesday: 90 minutes of 9:1 run/walks. Total: 9 miles
Thursday: 1 mile run + weights.
Friday: 1 mile warm up, 5 miles of hills, 1 mile cool down. Total: 7 miles
Saturday: Rest.
Sunday: 10.6 miles of hills!
Sunday's elevation profile
Total: 39.1 miles
It's funny how that seems like low mileage to me after having a few weeks in the mid 40's - 50's. Not that long ago I would have been stoked about running this much and now I feel like a slacker for not hitting 40. The good news is the coming week is going to beat that slacker feeling right out of me!
How was your week? How are you keeping track of your training in relation to your goals?
Yeah I hear ya. I ran 33 this week in week 2 of my 50k training, and it still feels low. I think my marathon training last spring maxed out around 35... it's all relative, I suppose!
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