The Training Week That Was… 9/24-30

For the first time during this training plan I failed to meet my weekly mileage goal, by falling 4.8 miles short. I did, however, have a very productive week in terms of learning (and practicing) some of the intricacies of ultra-marathoning, albeit through some intentionally “non-ultra-y” simulations. Much of these were strategies (power walking hills, fluid replacement, a more even pace) attempted during two of my three weekend runs, both of which took place on trails.

In the recap below those miles was schedule to run appear in parentheses. The total mileage I had been scheduled to run this week was 48 miles… and here’s how it turned out:

Legend: R = Running, w/A (with my wife, Anne). I've also noted increases (+x) or decreases (-x) from the previous week)

Monday: (Recovery Day)
Tuesday: (4) R 5.2 miles
Wednesday: (8) R 8.3 miles
Thursday: (6) R 5.8 miles
Friday: (Recovery Day)
Saturday: (10) R 7 miles
Sunday: (20) R 16.9 miles (2 runs = 9 miles trail race + 7.9 miles training)

TOTALS--R 43.2 (-3.0 miles from the previous week)
Weigh-In*: 175.5 lbs. (-1.5 lb.) [* took place at 5:00 a.m. on 10/1]

This coming week, I am scheduled to run a lower cumulative mileage, and the total mileage will be spread out over the course of five training days. The first run will be an eight miler planned for Tuesday and the week will culminate with a shorter-than-in-recent-weeks run of ten miles.

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