Your Week in Training Dec 17 - 23

Mon 5
Tue 5
Wed 5
Thur 0
Fri XT/shred
Sat 5
Sun shred

20 week

time to get down to serious Boston training

Mon - 8
Tue - 8 with 4 @ 6:35 (MP = 6:40 - I hope)
Wed - 5 ez
Thu - 7 with 6 strides
Fri - Alternation run 8 total with 4 in the middle as follows: 1/2 @ 6:30, 1/2 @ 7:10 repeat cycle 4 times - had to do on a treadmill due to ice roads
Sat - 4 recovery
Sun - 14 -

Had chance to run last three days with Chelsea who is home for the holidays - fun

Hired a coach from Hanson-Brooks Distance Project - will see how that goes.

Mon-Fri - rest (weights and a few cross training sessions)
Sat - 5 miles as HR test
Sun - 5 miles as HR test

Week - 10 miles
YTD - 2,290 miles

I didn't train this week, but I did run a 15 mile progression yesterday and a 20 miler today with pickups at the end.

Mon: 5
Tue: 12
We'd: 0
Thu:10
Fri: 10
Sat: 20
Sun: 3

Weekly: 60

Jerry wrote:Mon: 5
Tue: 12
We'd: 0
Thu:10
Fri: 10
Sat: 20
Sun: 3

Weekly: 60

3? 3??? Really? 3??????

M 6@8:30
T off
W 11@7;25
R 10@8:02
F 6.2@8:27
S 10@7:38 (hilly)
Sun 19@7:52, including 18x1:00 MP

Week - 62

Mr MattM wrote:I didn't train this week, but I did run a 15 mile progression yesterday and a 20 miler today with pickups at the end.

How exactly is this "not training?"

Mr MattM wrote:

Jerry wrote:Mon: 5
Tue: 12
We'd: 0
Thu:10
Fri: 10
Sat: 20
Sun: 3

Weekly: 60

3? 3??? Really? 3??????

3>0 aka lazy

Mon - weights, drive home
Tues - nada, food
Wed - weights, food
Thurs - hard bike ride, food
Fri - weights, run, food
Sat - nada, food
Sun - hiked a mountain, food

Had a bit of a setback, but did get in the following:

Mon - 5 easy
Tues - travel to Boston, arrive to cold rain
Wed - 4 easy
Thu - 4 easy
Fri -Drive through snow storm
Sat - Day off - issues
Sun - 4 easy

Jerry wrote:

Mr MattM wrote:

Jerry wrote:Mon: 5
Tue: 12
We'd: 0
Thu:10
Fri: 10
Sat: 20
Sun: 3

Weekly: 60

3? 3??? Really? 3??????

3>0 aka lazy

And what if I tell you I ran 20 today.

Jerry wrote:

Jerry wrote:

Mr MattM wrote:

Jerry wrote:Mon: 5
Tue: 12
We'd: 0
Thu:10
Fri: 10
Sat: 20
Sun: 3

Weekly: 60

3? 3??? Really? 3??????

3>0 aka lazy

And what if I tell you I ran 20 today.

I'd say.... BOOYAH!

I'll try and remember what I ran last week...4 weeks till 100
Miler.
M: 11 w/ 10 min. In am. Half MP, 8 min @10k pace, 7 min @ 10k pace, 6 min @ 5k pace, 4 min @ 5k pace, 2 min @5k pace. Half time recovery. 4 easy pm
T: 12 easy, core, plyos, hip strengthening, weights
W: 10 w/ progression to 10k pace in am, 5 pm
Th: 10 easy
F: 5 easy w/ core, weights, hips strengthening
Sat: 40 miles total - Fatass 50k, which turned out to be 34.8. Won a stocking full of useful runner stuff then ran extra. Very cold - 20 degrees. I want to move to Florida.
Sun: 20 miles. Holy mental toughness Batman. Light weights.

117 miles/week. I can't believe I just wrote that.

Hey! I ran another 20 miles today... on the treadmill! Still not training, but that's 55 miles in 4 days....

M-5 treadmill w/1hr strength
Tu- 8 treadmill fartlek/hill
W-off
Th-7 treadmill
Fr-3 w/ 1hr strength
Sa-off travel
Su-16 Ohio hills
39 mi wk-1891 YTD