Future running partner.
Couple of down weeks should help keep the legs fresh. I've run into this and the miles seemed to come naturally without pushing it. I like the hill workout idea as I was watching some Lydiard videos and would be interested in seeing what results you see.
"He conquers who endures" - Persius "Every workout should have a purpose. Every purpose should link back to achieving a training objective." - Spaniel
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Prince of Fatness
Not at it at all.
Once the baby gets here the focus will be less on getting faster and more on dropping weight. Right now I am at about 175 which according to BMI charts is about 10 lbs. overweight for someone of my height and medium build. I think this is what's really holding me back from being able to improve to where I would like to be, or even to where I should be right now for the kind of training I'm doing. Ideally I would like to get to about 145 lbs over the course of the next year. The weight alone should allow me to run about a minute per mile faster then what I am doing now. In training this would allow me to cover more mileage in the same amount of time which will also result in faster race times. The plan is to use an online calorie counter and just try to make healthier, nutrient rich diet choices, while maintaining about 25-35 miles a week. Eventually once I get used to a new daily routine with the baby and my weight gets to where I think it should be I'll get back to more serious training again.