The half-ironman workout last weekend and recovering to run 28 miles on Saturday was crucial--I've broke through a mental/physical barrier. I've dialed in the remaining 60 days of my training and I no longer have any lingering doubt about my abilities. My level of preparedness was more so evident when I started and finished Sunday's 8-mile recovery hill run with no soreness. Monday was a rest day and I was strong and ready for an extended cycle-commute totaling 3 hours yesterday, run-commute today, Friday and then back to the mountains Saturday for a 43-mile training run at altitude. I'm going to couple that with a 9-mile recovery run on Sunday for a grand total of 66 miles in 3 days and 80 for the week--my most ever.
Sunday night, Marie and I sat down and sketched out what weekend training distances need to look like for the next two months. I’ve included 14 miles of running each Friday so I start Saturday long runs on semi-fatigued legs. This way, I’ll be even stronger on fresh legs at the start of the SD100. The following schedule the basic weekend mileage until June.
4/11: 14M
4/12: 24+19= 43M Cuyamaca State Park
4/13: 9M Mission Trails Regional Park
4/18: 14M
4/19: 30M Pacific Crest Trail
4/20: 9M Mission Trails Regional Park
4/25: 14M
4/26: 26+24= 50M Cuyamaca State Park
4/27: 4M (Marie--La Jolla 13.1)
5/2: 14M
5/3: 33M Noble Canyon Trail
5/4: 20M Lake Hodges
5/9: 14M
5/10: 52M Peñasquitos Canyon (PCT?)
5/11: 18M Mission Trails Regional Park
5/16: 14M
5/17: 30M Cuyamaca State Park
5/18: 20M Lake Hodges
5/23: 14M
5/24: 24M Pacific Crest Trail
5/25: 13M Peñasquitos Canyon
5/30: 14M
5/31: 9M
6/1: 0! (Marie--Rock 'n' Roll Marathon)
6/2: Memorial Day
6/5: Steve arrives
6/7: SD100
6/8: SD100
Here are a couple snaps from Saturday in Cuyamaca State Park, home of the SD100:
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Apr 14, 2008 2:29 PM
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in response to: DCtoPgh
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in response to: DCtoPgh
Thanks for the comment, Kat. For some reason, 43 just wasn't meant to happen this weekend so it didn't. I'm not sure what forces were at play but somehow I managed to forget my running shoes at home. I realized this when I got to Cuyamaca State Park, 50-mile east of San Diego, at 6:50am Saturday. I'll fill you in with details in my next post...
So I'm sitting here on a very grey, cold morning in Pittsburgh doing everything but getting out the door for a run. As a means of procrastination I was reading blogs, saw this, and realized if you can run 43 miles today then I can drag myself out for some hills. Thanks for the inspiration/motivation! Hope your 43 are amazing!
43 miles?? That just doesn't seem like a real distance someone can run (but I said that about 26.2 once, too!)