Monday the 15th
13 miles easy. Feeling better building up the mileage.
Tuesday
twisted my ankle a mile in today. Got up and finished 12 miles. No damage.
Wednesday
16 miles... A tough route. Part of the med city course and beyond. Feeling stronger.
Thursday
12 miles plus drills.
Friday
Weather was a bit rough today.
I did 6 x short hills today. That was about all I could handle.
Saturday
14 miles with my wife alongside on the bike. Nice to have her there. Looked up the results of gmas prior to the run. I came away mostly disappointed. The weather every year is getting worse. Just when you think it can't get any worse, it does. Not sure what they can do but move it to early may. That won't happen.
Sunday
Very humid today. I ran an easy 11. I saw a guy up ahead on the sidewalk. I was halfway through my run so I thought I should attempt to catch him. Man did I pay. Very humid.
Kudos to Raabe on his run. What a great secret that is. Knowing you are fit and coming in and shocking the B level kenyans. When you take that next step in your training like he did, and know that you are moving to another fitness level, what a great feeling....something we are all striving for.
Miles for the week 90.
Hoping for 100 next week. I have a very difficult work week and then things will cool off a bit. Workouts will start soon. I am ready.
2 comments:
Good work lately. Looks like recovery is coming along slow but sure.
Any idea what Chris did as far as managing the heat? Did he do any specific training, or was it just a good day? Or was it just extremely high fitness? I've seen some indications that very fit individuals seem to manage heat better, and maybe that was the case with Chris.
I did three days a week of easy runs for four weeks in extra clothes, either on the mill or outside, sometimes even with a heat lamp, and it had almost no positive effect for me this past Sunday at the Manitoba Marathon. We had very similar conditions (80F, 63F dewpoint). After 10 miles, I fell off my planned pace, and after 19, I knew I had to pull the plug on racing, and just finish. Interestingly, I had much less base training than either of my past two marathons, meaning I was running less on aerobic fitness, and more on specific pace training, or speedwork. With the marathon being 99 percent aerobic, that's bad enough, but add in extreme heat, and you get a disaster.
Anyway, I hope Grandma's catches a string of 'cool' years, and the hotel prices come down! I'd like to run there some day, but I don't see it happening until I'm fast enough to get an invite and a comp'ed hotel room! haha. Cheers.
I guess I was thinking that along with Chris's fitness and desire he also had maybe some good heat acclimation considering the fact that he lives in DC. I know Virginia/DC gets very humid! Or it could just boil down to the two things mentioned above and having a great race.
-wynn
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