When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?
So I went for what was going to be an recovery 6 last night and it was very obvious that the legs wanted to do a tempo run. I got faster and faster until I had to force myself to slow it down. I ended up wanting to do 11-12 but decided it would be smart to head home after 8. A good run all in all - but I was torn between running free like a wild horse (sounds weird I know) and trying to slow down to get some recovery miles in post HM and pre-Ultra.
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This sounds like one of Pam's log entries! She's rubbing off on you Mike. Next thing you know you'll be cranking out 70 mile weeks! Nice job, but make sure you do take those recovery days when you are supposed to and save the hard efforts for the scheduled hard days.
Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don't so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head." - Joe Henderson
Isn't that a good thing?
So I think I ran my recovery run last night like it should be run. I kept my HR below 70% for the whole 8 miles except for a few brief times at the tops of a few hills. Man, they raise the HR more than I thought. Thanks for the advice to slow them down, Bob. I felt so good afterwards that I will try to do my recovery runs like this more often.
Thanks, Bob. I definitely will work on the sleep. I was planning on running a couple 5 milers and maybe a 7 this week - but am now thinking of trimming back on that a little. What do you think?
A couple of 5's and a 7 miler sounds reasonable. Maybe get the 7 miler in earlier in the week and save the 5's for later. I can't wait to hear how your "only" 6 hour run goes! You are a brave man, Mike!
Thanks, Bob! I totally agree with you - if you replace only with painful and brave with stupid. Actually, I've put a little more thought into my pre-race running for the week. I've come up with a very scientific reason to run a couple 4's and a 6 instead of a couple 5's and a 7. That way I can cross the 1,000 mark while I'm running Ultracentric. Or not. I'll see how the week goes.
Mike, good idea to save your 1k mark for the race! That would be cool! Promise us this though.... have someone take a picture of you when you cross that mark, and do a cartwheel to celebrate!
Nice 25k PR!!!!! WTG! Very cool about meeting people that you'll be seing this Sunday! I never realized when I lived in Tx (many moons ago) that there was any kind of running community. Makes me jealous! Cool that you'll be crossing the "1000" mile mark at Ultra this weekend!! How's "tapering "going?