remain resilient
after bettering my personal record for fifty clicks on the road by more than seven and a half minutes, i really had no problem taking a few days off from running. it had been more than six years since i had broken a PR and i was really pleased to update my listing of personal records. (especially after turning forty this summer!!)
two weeks after racing my legs are finally starting to come around, although i’m keeping the training pace easy. six days before the 50K i strained something in my upper left quad which seems to be healing up as well. i’m also sporting a blackened big toe nail on my left foot from my racing effort. one nice side effect from the lighter training load is that my right achilles isn’t as sore these days.
looking forward, i’m on track to pass two thousand miles for the year by the end of november. as far as how often i’ve been running, i’ve already exceeded my record for frequency (267 days – 2006) and should be well north of three hundred days by new years eve. if i can begin ramping up my miles in the coming weeks, i may be able to take aim at exceeding my best miles for a year (2202 miles – 2004) as well.
one thing that i will have to put on my list of goals for 2013 will be to run my first “beer mile” as it just didn’t happen. it’s always nice to have something to look forward to.
recent training
Oct 19 – off
Oct 20 – 7 miles
Oct 21 – 5 miles
Oct 22 – 5 miles
Oct 23 – off
Oct 24 – 5 miles
Oct 25 – 5 miles
Oct 26 – off
Oct 27 – 31.1 miles (50K) in 4:03:02 (New PR!!)
Oct 28 – off
Oct 29 – off
Oct 30 – off
Oct 31 – 4 miles
** October – 157.5 miles (21/31 days) **
Nov 1 – 5 miles
Nov 2 – 5 miles
Nov 3 – 6 miles
Nov 4 – off
Nov 5 – off
Nov 6 – 5 miles
Nov 7 – 5 miles
Nov 8 – 5 miles
Nov 9 – 5 miles
Nov 10 – 8 miles
Nov 11 – off
Nov 12 – off
Nov 13 – 5 miles
Nov 14 – 5 miles
Nov 15 – 5 miles
MTD – 59 miles (11/15 days)
YTD – 1,949.5 miles (273/320 days)
Odometer – 34,675 miles