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April 8, 2007
Week of April 2nd
Monday- 1. 8-ish miles (1:20), hilly and easy, Horseshoe Canyon, near Driggs, ID; 2. SUPER-core workout
Tuesday- 1. 7-ish miles (1:05) hilly and easy, Mud Lake Road, near Victor, ID
Wednesday- rest
Thursday- 1. 1:30 road biking, hilly, Mammoth to Indian Creek and return; 2. yoga 30 minutes; 3. lifting arms
Friday- 1. 5 miles (48 minutes), flat and easy, Gardiner Railroad Bed Trail; 2. 40 minutes easy spinning on the bike trainer; 3. yoga 30 minutes
Saturday- 1. 1:25 road riking, hilly, Mammoth to Indian Creek and return; 2. 30 minutes easy spinning on the bike trainer; 3. yoga 30 minutes
Sunday- 1. 8 miles (1:10) hilly and easy, Beattie Gulch Road; 2. 1 hour easy spinning on the bike trainer; 3. lifting arms; 4. yoga 45 minutes; 5. SUPER core workout
This is a no-plan, no-expectation week. I'm going to run and workout by how I feel only.
I felt tired in the first mile on Tuesday, but then I warmed right into it, and felt good. Systems seem good this week, so far. I will keep my fingers crossed that the week continues like this!
Though I ran only 28 miles this week, I intended to simulate a normal week's exercise volume with a lot of road biking/spinning to see how my body would react. Happily, it's Sunday evening and I feel great. It seems as if the fatigue factor is abating itself, and I am so pleased! Despite a good load of exercise this week, I still feel "behind" from a running perspective. I was really hoping to begin incorporating hill workouts into the regime right about now. However, I think hill workouts are going to have to wait a few more weeks. I'm trying not to beat myself up over this too much. I climbed a mountain pass twice on my bike this week; I wonder how closely that simulates a running hill workout... Well, onto bigger and better things.
Totals: 28 miles running (4:20-ish)
5:05 road biking/spinning
yoga x4
lifting arms x2
core x2
Posted by Meghan at April 8, 2007 11:13 AM
Comments
This is an easy/moderate week for me, too. I'm going to try one week on - one week off. This week supposed to do lots of biking and putter-jogging. Maybe this'll allow me to ramp up my mileage without injuries.
Good luck getting back to "normal". And good luck with the promotion.
Posted by: JeffO at April 3, 2007 12:35 PM
Hey Meghan! Your run-by-how-I-feel plan sounds excellent. I think you will feel refreshed by the end of the week :)
Posted by: bridget at April 3, 2007 12:55 PM
Hi Meghan, Your plan sounds good and your running sounds nice and relaxed. Something I used to do pre-injury was to build up and do three hard weeks, getting progressively harder with either more mileage or harder workouts during that interval and then I would take the fourth week and cut my mileage completely in half and make a deliberate effort to run easy every day except for my long run and one workout that I did during that week. It was a good cycle that worked well for me. Good Luck waiting to hear about the potential new job!
Posted by: mary at April 4, 2007 10:51 AM
... just to keep the flow going...
+++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ +++ ++++ ++++ ++++ and more +++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ +++ focussing ++++ ++++ +++++++++ ++++ ++ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +++++ + + +++++++ + + + + + +++++++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ doubling ++++ ++ ++++ ++ +++ +++ +++ +++ ++++ +++ ++++ +++ ++++ +++ ++++ +++ ++++ +++ that was drumming it + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + final two step ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ bests, +
Posted by: corrado giambalvo at April 4, 2007 11:30 AM
Meghan, I went to the Bozey races that we/you were talking about and I found it very hard to tell when registration opens and how fast it fills up. All it said for example was the deadline was June something. That is pretty misleading isn't it? Is it just word of mouth that you have to register asap the day it opens on active.com? Do you think that will happen to the Elkhorn 50? Sorry 4 all the Q's!
Posted by: Kendra Borgluey at April 4, 2007 11:30 AM
... just to keep the flow going...
+++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ +++ ++++ ++++ ++++ and more +++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ +++ focussing ++++ ++++ +++++++++ ++++ ++ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +++++ + + +++++++ + + + + + +++++++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ doubling ++++ ++ ++++ ++ +++ +++ +++ +++ ++++ +++ ++++ +++ ++++ +++ ++++ +++ ++++ +++ that was drumming it + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + final two step ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ bests, +
Posted by: corrado giambalvo at April 4, 2007 11:31 AM