Well, its been a while since I wrote anything in the blog. Other bits of life have kept me extremely busy and my running has suffered over the last few weeks. Mileage has been waaaaay low and motivation to get out there has been lagging as well.
I am pulling it back together however, and need to keep up with the recording of workouts since this seems to be a good way to build a running log and keep myself accountable.
I am making a few changes, primarily to my running schedule and will be focusing on two quality workouts per week. I'll be running hard on Tuesdays and on the Bomb run on Fridays. Long runs ideally will be on Sundays unless there is a race, in which case the race will take the place of the Tuesday quality run. I will also be running in the mornings due to work/family conflicts for afternoon runs. Mondays will be recovery days with the cannonballers, Wednesday will be crosstraining, thursday will be easy/long, Need to get up to and stay at 70 miles if possible by December. Goal races will be ATT if course looks good. Boston will be #2 race. Will start preparing for the Texas Tri series after Boston as recovery.
I will start with today and work backwards.
Mileage this week: 34 with 15 tomorrow AM will bring it to 49.
Friday, 10/06 - 10 miles
Practice Bomb run. I started with the large group of bomb runners this morning and we were quickly running 6:30's or so. By the 4th mile I could feel it and my GI tract was rebelling against the early hour and unaccustomed pace. One pitstop later and I was left in the dust. I limped in behind the group at 68:30 after another pitstop by the tennis courts. I was happy to finish under 70 minutes in any event. Actually, I was just happy to finish. Lessons: Wake earlier and evacuate system before run begins. Work on nutrition and hydration.
Thursday 10/05 1000's at zilker - 8 miles
I ran with the afternoon group after a long hiatus. We started with a 3000 (11.00) and followed with 1000's (3.28, 3.25, 3.21, 3.21). I knew I was doing the bomb so didn't really push it. I am also attempting to restrain myself from bumping back up to fitness too quickly. My ankle needs time to get used to this stuff again.
Wed off
Tuesday 10/03
7 mile easy run around lake-49.18
Mon off
Sunday IBM 10K 9 miles
37.55 Horrible.
Before sunday- 3-4 days no running due to conference and life. Before that is a hazy hazy memory of being fit and in shape.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
3 comments:
hey bud! Don't be down on yourself about that 10k race. You bounce back for the next one.
i mean you will bounce back!
Fletcher--
Good to see you're back. You've certainly been a key motivator for me this season. Keep it up!
Post a Comment