May 18-24. 17mi. 3 days running.
As I suspected. See previous post...
I did do one nice workout on Sunday after dinner. About 1:04 of run time, but in the middle I did 7 x 2min. hard tempo with 1min. recovery. A fine release.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Twisp River 60k AND the TVR!
May 11-17. 63mi. 5 days.
A big week that consisted mostly of a BIG weekend. Given that I wasn't feeling all that great last week, I'm very pleased. The first 3 days were not unlike the previous seven: relaxed. However, on Saturday morning the week ramped up with The 11th Annual TVR Classic!
The Titus Contingent, 2009.
In this year's Winthrop installment, 11 contestants traveled almost 85 total miles on the Liberty Bell High School track. Personally, I ran 39 laps, 365 meters, which adds up to about 9.9 miles (or around 6:03 pace) for the 1 hour contest. Definitely, this was a little bit better than expected, but I think the easy week or so leading in was a major factor.
Preparing for the descent. A rest atop Lookout Mountain.
On Sunday DAY I slowed down considerably, but ran about 37 miles along a potential 60k course in the Twisp River/Lookout Mountain area west of Twisp. This Rainshadow Running coordinated event was, not unlike the TVR, a pretty good effort for me. We logged about 8:15 minutes of running time, and my legs still felt pretty darn good at the end of the run. Not time to linger over snacks etc. though. The "all day" run is not so convenient for the rest of the family back at home and I was anxious to be there myself.
Going forward... we shall see. I was pretty psyched by the way that I felt this week, and especially on the weekend. However, I am stepping in to the local high school art teaching position for the rest of the year (until June 11) and I know that it will seriously limit my running. Priorities are easy to level in this instance, so the longer running can roll again in June.
A big week that consisted mostly of a BIG weekend. Given that I wasn't feeling all that great last week, I'm very pleased. The first 3 days were not unlike the previous seven: relaxed. However, on Saturday morning the week ramped up with The 11th Annual TVR Classic!
The Titus Contingent, 2009.In this year's Winthrop installment, 11 contestants traveled almost 85 total miles on the Liberty Bell High School track. Personally, I ran 39 laps, 365 meters, which adds up to about 9.9 miles (or around 6:03 pace) for the 1 hour contest. Definitely, this was a little bit better than expected, but I think the easy week or so leading in was a major factor.
Preparing for the descent. A rest atop Lookout Mountain.On Sunday DAY I slowed down considerably, but ran about 37 miles along a potential 60k course in the Twisp River/Lookout Mountain area west of Twisp. This Rainshadow Running coordinated event was, not unlike the TVR, a pretty good effort for me. We logged about 8:15 minutes of running time, and my legs still felt pretty darn good at the end of the run. Not time to linger over snacks etc. though. The "all day" run is not so convenient for the rest of the family back at home and I was anxious to be there myself.
Going forward... we shall see. I was pretty psyched by the way that I felt this week, and especially on the weekend. However, I am stepping in to the local high school art teaching position for the rest of the year (until June 11) and I know that it will seriously limit my running. Priorities are easy to level in this instance, so the longer running can roll again in June.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Tired...
May 4-10. 40mi. 5 days.
Not a hard week, but I'm tired. I've been sleeping - staying on top of that - but I think the two races in the last month kind of snuck up on me after Sunflower. Looking at my pre-Sunflower week, I also crammed in a little too much "speed" (including a a frantic lactate loading bike ride into town). My 14+ into Twisp this past Tuesday (also too quick because I was late) probably sapped me as well. Hoping that I feel a little better going into this next week. I'd like to give a go at 3 hard weeks followed by an easy week for at least a cycle or two. "Hard" right now will be defined as ramping up my miles and some purposeful hill/strength work. No more races for a while.
Not a hard week, but I'm tired. I've been sleeping - staying on top of that - but I think the two races in the last month kind of snuck up on me after Sunflower. Looking at my pre-Sunflower week, I also crammed in a little too much "speed" (including a a frantic lactate loading bike ride into town). My 14+ into Twisp this past Tuesday (also too quick because I was late) probably sapped me as well. Hoping that I feel a little better going into this next week. I'd like to give a go at 3 hard weeks followed by an easy week for at least a cycle or two. "Hard" right now will be defined as ramping up my miles and some purposeful hill/strength work. No more races for a while.
Monday, May 4, 2009
Sunflower Iron
April 27-May 3: 50mi. 5 days. My 4th 5o mile week of the year, and this one ended with a race on Saturday. Despite feeling good, and pushing the pace a little more than usual at the start, I still finished in second place for the 3rd year in a row. Not a big deal, but kind of funny. I really felt good in the first half, but didn't have any fight in my legs when I finally got passed in the final 5 miles. I felt good enough to have gone out for an easy recovery run on Sunday, but we had friends visiting from the coast. I didn't bother and went for a very nice hike on Patterson Mountain instead. The sunflowers - arrowleaf balsmroot, that is - are in very fine form right now!
Friday, May 1, 2009
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