The past week ~two weeks have gone pretty much as well as I could have hoped. With such a shortened training cycle, I can't hit any of my long term goals at Boston, but recent runs have me hopeful that I'll be able to run a solid time.
| 20-Mar |
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5.75 |
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All slow miles, plus another 3/4
of a mile walking. Legs felt fresh. Sweet potato fries and beer tasted good
too! LIPUSx3. |
| 21-Mar |
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11.00 |
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1600x4/400/200. Workout went
really well and I felt very smooth. The 400 and 200 were add-ons and were tough, but it was good leg turnover. Resistance band in the afternoon. LIPUSx3. |
| 22-Mar |
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0.00 |
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Day off. LIPUSx3 |
| 23-Mar |
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0.00 |
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10min bike, foam rolling, 20+min
of drills and stretching, Myrtlx1, LIPUSx2. |
| 24-Mar |
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0:07:48 |
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22.62 |
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Soup run….basically went way
better than I could have hoped. |
| 25-Mar |
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1.56 |
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Light swim, jacuzzi, rolling,
LIPUSx3. |
| 26-Mar |
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1.58 |
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30min bike, 30min swim,
Myrtlx3, single leg squatsx3, runner's touchx3, eccentric calf raisesx3.
LIPUSx3. |
| 27-Mar |
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5.35 |
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HM program - all slow miles. Legs felt pretty
good. LIPUSx2. |
| 28-Mar |
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8.50 |
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1000x3. Cut the workout short -
my right calf was tightening similar to 3/14. Resistance band. |
| 29-Mar |
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0.00 |
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Rest. Resistance band, LIPUSx3. |
| 30-Mar |
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0:07:21 |
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12.61 |
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Battle Road. Was initially
targeting a longer run, but between internal distress and some lingering
soreness from Thursday, I kept it short. 'Honest' pace though... |
| 31-Mar |
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0.00 |
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Rest. |
March 21: 1600 - 6:24, 1600 - 6:18, 1600 - 6:23, 1600 - 6:11, 400 - .78, 200 - .35
The long run on March 24th is huge. I was gassed at the end of the run, but I didn't have any soreness that worried me and felt good the following day. In retrospect I would have preferred to stick to XT for the following two days. Even though it was only a mile and a half slow jog home, I would have been better served staying off the pavement. I followed up that quasi-dumb move by cutting my speedwork short on the 28th. It's always tough stopping a workout, but the calf tightened up and we're a little too close to game time to try and push through.
All in all, the numbers look good considering the ~3 months that preceded it.
3/17 to 3/23 Weekly Mileage: 36.75
3/24 to 3/30 Weekly Mileage: 52.22
