this week started off with a big day (though be it flat) with some higher effort finishes and continued on a good track. not much climbing leading up to saturdays run, but i was more focused on volume as i wanted to give my achilles some reprieve before saturdays test.
Monday's runs were good I felt a bit sluggish on the morning run, but finished strong around coronado with a nice little added speed work on the final 5 miles of the day.
Tuesday's runs were sluggish. i could definitely feel my legs revolting from the previous couple days efforts (mainly faster work not so much distance).
Wednesday's run was again sluggish to say the least. things started out very slow and heavy. after a couple miles and most of the up was replaced by down things started to move a bit better and i was feeling better about things.
Wednesday's run was again sluggish to say the least. things started out very slow and heavy. after a couple miles and most of the up was replaced by down things started to move a bit better and i was feeling better about things.
Thursday - my legs felt suprisingly springy considering how poor yesterday went. nothing spectacular, a little rolling hills and 1 short (0.5 - 0.75 mile) higher effort. legs are coming around.
Friday - priorities fell away from running so nothing happened here.
Saturday - i revisited the Leona Divide 50 mile course with somewhat better results and feel then last year. started out feeling ok. legs a bit tired from the weeks effort. ran up pretty much all the climbs except the final climb which proved to be my 2nd low section of the run. in the last mile or so of climb i was concerned about my achilles which had been talking to me here and there (mainly on sustained climbs of > 1 mile or off camber runs which forced more pronation). also had a tough spot from mile 20 - 27 ish. then descent to 29 and had some fruit. this picked things up and i continued to fuel pretty good and hold pace.
Sunday - nice little shake out run on some of the old goats course out by blue jay campground. started out stiff and slow but found myself loosening up and running relatively well considering on the downhills. climbed ok, but wound up walking up most of the climbs, especially steep or long sections. a pleasant suprise.
all in all a good week. now we'll see how things go tomorrow. and into the week.
total time: 18:59
run: 17:49
other: 1:10
distance: 101
tss: 863
climbing: 9400'
Friday - priorities fell away from running so nothing happened here.
Saturday - i revisited the Leona Divide 50 mile course with somewhat better results and feel then last year. started out feeling ok. legs a bit tired from the weeks effort. ran up pretty much all the climbs except the final climb which proved to be my 2nd low section of the run. in the last mile or so of climb i was concerned about my achilles which had been talking to me here and there (mainly on sustained climbs of > 1 mile or off camber runs which forced more pronation). also had a tough spot from mile 20 - 27 ish. then descent to 29 and had some fruit. this picked things up and i continued to fuel pretty good and hold pace.
Sunday - nice little shake out run on some of the old goats course out by blue jay campground. started out stiff and slow but found myself loosening up and running relatively well considering on the downhills. climbed ok, but wound up walking up most of the climbs, especially steep or long sections. a pleasant suprise.
all in all a good week. now we'll see how things go tomorrow. and into the week.
total time: 18:59
run: 17:49
other: 1:10
distance: 101
tss: 863
climbing: 9400'
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