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.)