The Training Week That Was... 2/4-10

A rebound week of training during which I increased my mileage while deviating slightly from the training plan. The total mileage was fairly well spread over the five-day training week, though a bad back on Sunday (and today) left me just short of my desired weekly total. In the end, I missed the target by only a half a mile.

In the recap below those miles I had planned on running appear in parentheses. You’ll notice that I liberally switched my daily miles, all the while attempting to adhere to the daily/weekly totals (pretty unsuccessfully). The total mileage I had been scheduled to run this week was 28 miles:

Legend: R = Running. I've also noted increases (+x) or decreases (-x) from the previous week)

Monday: (0) R 4.2 miles
Tuesday: (2) R 5.9 miles
Wednesday: (2) R 3.4 miles
Thursday: (4) Recovery Day
Friday: (0) R 5 miles
Saturday: (8) R 9 miles
Sunday: (12) Recovery Day

TOTALS--R 27.5 miles (+17.5 miles from last week)
Weigh-In*: 186.5 lbs. (+1.5 lbs.) [* took place at 5:00 a.m. on 2/11]

No races coming up in the next week, but I will be visiting my podiatrist's office on Tuesday, a visit which will hopefully bring some relief to the bottom of my right foot. I will be bringing the inner-soles for both by "regular" training shoes, as well as, my trail-runners in an effort of getting an insert attached which will alleviate the Morton's toe discomfort.

Though this week is very busy, I'm hoping to stay in the nieghborhood of my planned mileage this week... only time (and the blog) will tell!

Breathe in, breathe out... YOU AND I ARE ALIVE!