Greetings, runners! Please tell us about your past training week and upcoming goals.
Mon 8mi (1:43)Tue 5mi (0:38) tm progressionWed 6mi (1:03)Thu 8mi (1:29)Fri 0Sat 18mi (2:31) tm steadySun 15.2mi (2:22)Total: 60.3 miles (+9mi on stationary bike)a classic case of weekend warrior syndrome
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Mo - 4.5 easy
Tu - 5.1 easy
We - rest
Th - 6.1 easy
Fr - 4.9 easy
Sa - 3 easy
Su - 0.7 warmup
Su - 13.1 race
37.4 for the week, which, as you see, was tapering and then running a half. I ran the Rubin Run in Tenafly, NJ, and my 1:57:20 earned 3rd place among males 50-59, which is the first time I've been "on the podium" in a half marathon.
I suspect my next few weeks will be in the mid-30's until I start my next training cycle in June.
Alexander - Yep, getting more than half your week's miles on the last two days is definitely weekend warrior behavior.
5k 23:48.45 (3/22); 4M 31:26 (2/22); 5M 38:55 (11/23); 10k 49:24 (10/22); 10M 1:29:33 (2/24); Half 1:48:32 (10/22); Marathon 4:29:58 (11/23)Upcoming races: Clinton Country Run 15k, 4/27; Running is Back 10k, 5/12
Helllo!well, I didn't plan it but pretty much took the week off of running last week. One 6 mile run on Tuesday and that was it.
no injury or illness or anything like that. We just had really craptastic weather and I had zero gumption to run in it. My 30K race was cancelled (not weather related though) so that sort of took the wind out of my sails also.
So, back at it this week. Since I have today off work, I'll try and time a longish trail run in between rain showers and get some momentum back.
hoping for a 30 mile week.
Tammy
Hey all.
Here's what I had for the week.
M - 8 miles (10:02/mile)
T - rest
W - 10.2 miles (10:02/mile)
Th - 6.1 miles (Mt Scott, 10:20/mile)
F - 8.3 miles (9:50/mile)
Sa - 12 miles (9:46/mile)
Su - 5.4 miles (10:34/mile)
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Total - 50 miles
I really need to sign up for a race & start some sort of training plan now that my mileage base is good. Until then just more of the same.
Paul
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Fred, very solid week, as always, and congratulations on the podium placement! I read your race report and it is a difficult course, which I am sure makes getting top 3 even sweeter
Hi Tammy, too bad the 30k was cancelled. Things like that can very easily kill motivation, esp when combined with bad weather. But I think you are probably still recovering from the 50k, so in the grand scheme of things taking a week off is probably a very good idea.
Hi Paul, I agree! Your training looks super solid. And the way you ran that half, with every next mile faster than the previous one is a really good indicator.
Tammy - a week off now and then can be helpful. Sorry about your race.
Paul - What kind of races do you like to run? Road/trail? Short/long?
Alexander - thank you.
I dabble in all forms, road, trail, long, short, flat, hilly, & relays. A majority of my races are 5Ks, half marathon, & marathon distance on road. I have done Pikes Peak Ascent or Marathon the last 3 years and had a blast. I think my favorite distance is still the half marathon.