For the week ending Sunday, August 24, 2008
Monday- off
Tuesday- 10 miles trails
Wednesday- 7 miles paved park, rolling hills
Thursday- 12 miles trails
Friday- off travel to Indy
Saturday- stairwells in hotel for 4 x 15 floors
Sunday- 5 miles paved park
Total 34 miles
Monday, August 25, 2008
JFK 50 Week 4 of 18
For the week ending Sunday, August 17, 2008.
A cut back week for me. I needed it more for "life happens" kind of stuff.
M- 3 track
T- off
W- 7 park
R- 5 trails
F- off
S- 15 trails
S- 5 park
Total 35 miles.
The trail run on Saturday was the best run all week. I did 3 loops which took longer by 1 minute on loop 2 and 3 minutes on loop 3 for a total of 3:14 with some walking. This trail is definitely not as technical or hilly as the AT. An adjacent football field had the youth football league championship games on Saturday so I could hear the announcers most of the time I was out there. Only 4 mountain bikers, 2 who I see most weekends. I got out there earlier, right at 9 am and it was cool with low humidity.
A cut back week for me. I needed it more for "life happens" kind of stuff.
M- 3 track
T- off
W- 7 park
R- 5 trails
F- off
S- 15 trails
S- 5 park
Total 35 miles.
The trail run on Saturday was the best run all week. I did 3 loops which took longer by 1 minute on loop 2 and 3 minutes on loop 3 for a total of 3:14 with some walking. This trail is definitely not as technical or hilly as the AT. An adjacent football field had the youth football league championship games on Saturday so I could hear the announcers most of the time I was out there. Only 4 mountain bikers, 2 who I see most weekends. I got out there earlier, right at 9 am and it was cool with low humidity.
Monday, August 11, 2008
JFK 50 Week 3 of 18
For the week ending Sunday, August 10, 2008
My week felt like a cut back week, but after looking at my log it wasn't so bad after all. I ran Monday, unusual for me, but the weather was too nice to pass up. My b2b on Sat/ Sun never panned out as I had the babies a little longer than planned on Sunday and a boatload of teenagers in the house. I traded out a harder effort mid-week run for an easy 10 miler on Friday due to a scheduling conflict but came out with 38 miles, most of them on trails. Since I was so pressed for time of Sunday I went to the track because it's close to home and an easy running surface. Every other lap I ran the straights hard and jogged the turns to mix up the pace a little.
Monday: 4 trails
Tuesday: 7 trails
Wednesday: off
Thursday: off (USRD)
Friday: 10 park (paved)
Saturday: 12 trails
Sunday: 5 track
Total- 38 miles
No weight lifting- see how quickly I can fall off on that? I wish I liked it more as I know there are so many benefits.
After 3 weeks I'm tweaking the plan a little. I'm going to add some recovery miles on Mondays after the weekend b2b runs. Maybe this will offset some of the stiffness for my Tuesday trail runs. Next week I'll post some pictures of the trails and park.
School starts here next Wednesday and that may bring on some creative scheduling for the afternoon runs. (Somehow I don't think she'll appreciate me running to the car pool lane and making her run home with me.)
My week felt like a cut back week, but after looking at my log it wasn't so bad after all. I ran Monday, unusual for me, but the weather was too nice to pass up. My b2b on Sat/ Sun never panned out as I had the babies a little longer than planned on Sunday and a boatload of teenagers in the house. I traded out a harder effort mid-week run for an easy 10 miler on Friday due to a scheduling conflict but came out with 38 miles, most of them on trails. Since I was so pressed for time of Sunday I went to the track because it's close to home and an easy running surface. Every other lap I ran the straights hard and jogged the turns to mix up the pace a little.
Monday: 4 trails
Tuesday: 7 trails
Wednesday: off
Thursday: off (USRD)
Friday: 10 park (paved)
Saturday: 12 trails
Sunday: 5 track
Total- 38 miles
No weight lifting- see how quickly I can fall off on that? I wish I liked it more as I know there are so many benefits.
After 3 weeks I'm tweaking the plan a little. I'm going to add some recovery miles on Mondays after the weekend b2b runs. Maybe this will offset some of the stiffness for my Tuesday trail runs. Next week I'll post some pictures of the trails and park.
School starts here next Wednesday and that may bring on some creative scheduling for the afternoon runs. (Somehow I don't think she'll appreciate me running to the car pool lane and making her run home with me.)
Monday, August 04, 2008
JFK 50 Week 2 of 18
This week went a little better than last week. I sure miss my early morning runs in this heat. So far my mileage remains low enough that I'm only training with water and salt pills. My back to backs are going well right now, but the mileage is still pretty low.
For the week ending August 3:
Monday - off running but I did do some weight lifting
Tuesday - 6 miles trails
Wednesday - 9 miles
Thursday - 6 miles trails
Friday - off
Saturday - 12 miles
Sunday - 8 miles trails
Total - 41 miles
Yesterday I took a good look at cut off times and aid stations on the course. I feel confident if I can make the 34 mile checkpoint I'll be fine even if I'm using all of the allotted time. There is one stretch that has me a little concerned, but it's still early in my training. By the end of August I'm hoping to put together some times runs and start to think about race day strategy.
For the week ending August 3:
Monday - off running but I did do some weight lifting
Tuesday - 6 miles trails
Wednesday - 9 miles
Thursday - 6 miles trails
Friday - off
Saturday - 12 miles
Sunday - 8 miles trails
Total - 41 miles
Yesterday I took a good look at cut off times and aid stations on the course. I feel confident if I can make the 34 mile checkpoint I'll be fine even if I'm using all of the allotted time. There is one stretch that has me a little concerned, but it's still early in my training. By the end of August I'm hoping to put together some times runs and start to think about race day strategy.
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