Great job on the win Mark.

JMac - Your mystery upper leg issue sounds like what I had at the start of a long run 10 days ago.  If so, mine wasn’t as serious, because it went away after I stopped, walked a bit, and ran slowly for a while.  I did some extra rolling for a couple of days afterward, but I don’t know if that made a difference.

darkwave - If you ran the best race you had in you on the day, that’s good regardless of the time.

Mark - Nice job on the win.

Steve - Hang in there.  Both my parents had dementia before they passed away a few years ago, and I know it can be draining.  Sounds like the taper is going well physically.

Me - Some of my leg troubles lessened this week, but the hamstrings/glutes are still a problem, and I’ve pretty much given up on doing a 5-mile race in a couple of weeks.  I shortened my first two runs of the week, which seemed to help a bit.  On Wednesday I ran in the afternoon for the first time this summer - usually go in the morning when there’s a little less heat and much more humidity.  88/31 degrees with bright sun but only 33% humidity felt strange.  The sun & heat felt like a strong initial blow, but without the humidity there wasn’t the energy-sapping impact over time.  I did cut the tempo short by half a mile, but that was because the too-sweet cold slushie I drank beforehand was giving me stomach trouble.  Am enjoying watching the U.S. track Olympic trials.

Sun - 6.2 miles recovery (1:06)  on treadmill

Mon - 7.3 in park @ 8:37, each loop faster, TDP 150

Tues - off

Weds - 7.2 miles in park including 3.5 @ 6:55, TDP 143

Thurs - 9.8 recovery (1:44) on treadmill

Fri - off

Sat - 10.7 progression (1:39) on treadmill

Total - 41.3 miles

YTD average - 48.2 mpw 

Piwi Honestly not sure if you're serious or just joking. Either way keep up the strength work! That 8k tempo is impressive.

Mark Congrats on the victory. Every favorite needs a villain!

DW I'm impressed by how well you self pace. Everyone who ran there said it was hot.

Steve Sorry about your troubles. Best of luck. At least the lack of sleep doesn't seem to be impacting your running.

James  considering all the random troubles you've had the 3.5 @6:55 is extra impressive. Looks like you're in pretty solid shape.

Flavio That 3:35KM is spicy! but that MP +30 run is extra impressive and even qualifies as a long run in the other thread 

Personally my cross training is winding down a little which is leaving me fresher for running but coach gave me a really hard one this Friday which I moved to Saturday due to life interfering.

40 mi running

2200 yd swimming

~6 mi biking

lifting twice ~1h 10m

Next week I'll do a couple of workouts then head up to Lutzen MN for a mtn bike race which I'm just trying to complete with my brother yd rather than compete in. After that I have only running events for the rest of the year but I'm considering one more sprint Triathlon.I know coach wants me to push weekly mileages up over 50 sooner rather than latter so that's probably the priority.

Steve - good job getting it done despite everything else.  The rule of thumb I'd tend to follow in this situation is that people's advice or criticisms should be given weight in direct proportion to how frequently they have actually lifted a finger to help (or are likely to do so).  Given you are doing pretty much all the work and your mum's safety and wellbeing certainly seems to be the number one priority in those decisions, that means probably the only opinion that actually counts is yours.  My mum had the same challenge when my grandmother got dementia - a particular aunt was particularly generous with her opinion but never actually lifted a finger to help.  As the saying goes - opinions are like a$$holes, everyone's got one.  Anyway hopefully you get some better sleep this week.  No need to apologise either, it sounds like a very tough situation.

Flavio - seems like you should be the international correspondent on this thread, you're certainly the most-well travelled!  Nice week and good job on that LR in particular.

James - good week, definitely find the same in terms of humidity vs. absolute temp, JMac posted a reasonably helpful guide to that a few pages back.,

Zebano - nice week, so many different sessions in there I almost lost count!

Piwi  nice week you killed that workout too

Mark nice week god job on the race hope your coach is doing better

Steve nice week sound like the taper is going well hang in there with you mum don't worry about what the other think, good news about her cat being able to go with hope you get your sleep sorted out soon it can be draining.

James  nice week hope you continue to get your issues sorted out.

Flavio nice week and good job on the pace work you are getting closer now in Portugal!

Zebano nice week

Watson nice week sorry to hear about your calf muscle hope nothing serious

DW nice job on your race thought it was not what you were hoping for, way to get it done.

for me I was at about 36 miles of Running this week.

I also spent some time in the pool at the house and actually swam a few laps which didn't amount to much but got in some exercise between the drinks 

On a down side my big toe on my right foot started acting up Saturday night just out of the blue. it came around by the time I ran on Sunday afternoon but it was sore again post run.  still sore this am.

Also I've been starting to think about changing gears in prep for my 1 mile race but not sure when or what to do...

Weekly for period: From: 06/14/2021 To 06/20/2021

Total distance: 40.30mi

Corey pool and drinks sounds great 👍

I'm no mile expert but you will need to do some fast stuff at mile pace like 200s I would think ?

Darkwave thanks for the race report.

A couple of things stand out for me.

Most of us don't sleep well the night before but 2 nights of crappy sleep will leave you feeling pretty ordinary.

When we sleep in a strange bed our bodies automatically go into a mode where we can't fall into a deep sleep.

The start sequence was very confusing for you. Even not having a definitive start time must take away some adrenaline. Then the mess of not grading the runners for start priority is a pain for you.

I picture myself as one of those older male runners in Vaporflys 

I also wonder if you could learn to use your watch for splits when racing.

You mention it as not demoralizing when you can't see your pace slow but I actually find it motivates me to give more.

Even if that's not possible 

Jmac - belated, but a thought on your issue.  When I hear of an injury that is moving all around and not constant, there are two possibilities that come to mind.  One is a nerve issue that is referring pain to the area; the other is that there is an issue somewhere else, and that the "injury" that keeps moving is the result of compensation.

For example, as previously discussed, I'm still working through some stability issues with my right ankle.  As a result of that stability issue, I have evolving issues with my left leg.  One day it's the left hamstring, next day it's the left IT band, next day it's the inside of my left knee.

Just something to consider.

Piwi - it's not hard to learn to look at splits on one's watch :P.  I just choose not to.  I raced that way for several years when I started running, and always underperformed - my head just got in the way of my body.    About 10 years ago, I decided to take a leap of faith and do a 10 mile race without looking at my watch - just stay relaxed and run whatever felt right.  And without ever really running very hard, I ran surprisingly close to my then 10 mile PR, with the last mile faster than what was then my current 5K PR pace.

Ever since then, I've raced just off of effort - turn off the analytical numbers part of my mind and just go.  I've had many great races that way.  Every once in a while, I've tried running a tempo while checking splits with my watch, and it's always gone horribly.  So I see no reason to revisit racing with splits.

I am about 90% sure that I would have dropped out at the half-marathon mark if I had known I had split 1:37.

Darkwave - I enjoyed the RR, wow that lack of air conditioning would've been tough.  Sorry the race didn't go how you'd hoped but it sounds like you've made peace with (much faster than I would have done!) and by all accounts it sounds like something was just a bit off.  And with racing, and especially marathons, something just a bit off can make a big difference.

Also, that Pork Power sign would've been hysterical.  Someone didn't think that through (or had already paid for it...).

Watson - yes I meant positive.  It was a bit ugly (but fun).

Corey - nice week, hope that toe comes right soon.

Steve - ugh.  Prevailing northerly.