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May 20, 2007
Week of May 14th
Monday:
Rest
My legs were fatigued and sore from the weekend. I walked the dog; does that count as exercise?
Tuesday:
1. 8 miles, hilly and easy, Old Gardiner Road
2. lifting arms
3. SUPER-core workout
Today was a helluva run. It was so good that it will shortly have its own blog entry.
Wednesday:
1. 10 miles, hilly and steady, 'M' trailhead to Baldy Mountain and return in the Bridger Mountains near Bozeman, MT
2. yoga 45 minutes
Thursday:
7 miles, hilly and easy, Eagle Creek Road
My legs were a bit tired today from yesterday's extravaganza.
Friday:
1. 9 miles hilly with a 4 mile uphill workout, Old Gardiner Road (In this relatively unstructured workout, I pushed hard on the easier uphill grades and recovered on the steeper grades. The goal of this type of workout is to train my body to recover while in climbing mode, even while on the steepest stuff.)
2. legs lifting
3. arms lifting
4. SUPER-core workout
Saturday
6 miles hilly and easy, in my neighborhood
I'm working my way through my week of night shifting for the craziness of Yellowstone, and, wow, can I feel the night shift in my running! Ouch.
Sunday
1. 8 miles flat with 5-ish miles at lactate threshold pace, Gardiner Railroad Bed Trail
2. arms lifting
3. SUPER-core
Totals: 48 miles
lifting arms x3
lifting legs x1
yoga x1
SUPER-core x3
This week didn't have much mileage, but I thought I'd insert a bit of an easier week after last week's "boot camp." I did a couple of good workouts this week, though, which I'm pleased about. Next week I'm going to go for more volume on technical trails, but less intensity.
Posted by Meghan at May 20, 2007 7:42 PM
Comments
ps: I had to laugh at the white M on the mountain. That's such a weird Montana thing. Obviously Missoula has one, and I noticed another one on some hill as I was driving to Missoula the other weekend. I don't even know what town I was in but there it was, the big ol'white M. Of course there's all the other letters in other towns, too. So are you going to do any races before Bridger? And yes, walking the dog counts in my book. It's that "allows the body to adapt to stress and changes" kind of thing. ;)
Posted by: Kendra Borgagain at May 18, 2007 12:15 PM
Meghan, congrats on getting on a sponsored team!!! You deserve it!
And yes, I did recongnize the Baldy peak climbing. You can email me anytime if you have questions on Bridger run.
Posted by: olga at May 20, 2007 10:51 PM
Walking the dog is "time on your feet". My rule for myself is, as long as it was a mile or more, or not long before or after another workout, add it to the log.
You have a great variety of intense workouts. I wouldn't call 48 miles not much mileage. Those hills count for more.
I need to switch to more core and hill workouts. Maybe I'll be good enough for the GinS team? (Geezers in Sports) I wonder if they have Geritol at aid stations?
Posted by: JeffO at May 21, 2007 12:39 PM
congratulations on team sponsorship. that is great. put the running and other workouts together and that is a lot of "time" spent on increasing strength and flexiblity. great workouts.
Posted by: tom riley at May 21, 2007 2:04 PM
Shooting school? I'd watch who I pass when you're racing with the team. Make sure they don't Tanya Harding you with a .357 ;-)
All that core work will really pay off for you. Keep working it!
Posted by: Eric at May 21, 2007 10:23 PM