A (no-longer new) training log (comments welcome)

[Psymonds]

RIP to last year's Brooks. the outsde seam at the sole came apart on both shoes last week as I was running. I too them on vacation after their quasi retirement and well, now they're really done.

 

[Psymonds]

this week's training has been wierd and we're not going to be home next week. I find myself longing for school to start because then I know when I have to wake up to run.

Strides this morning. 10x20s and I thought "will that be enough" and I sit at work and it was enough.

 

[Psymonds]

next week's plan then I start the Higdon marathon plan for CIM

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[td]3 mi + strength[/td] [td]6 mi run[/td][td]8 x 400[/td] [td]3 mi run[/td] [td]Rest[/td][td]Rest[/td][td]10K Race[/td][td]lair[/td]

 

[Psymonds]

Ran a trail run yesterday (was in mountains) and I'm so glad:

• while I tripped multiple times I did not fall
• today is a rest day (everything hurts)
• I got up and did the run, it was a gordous sunrise.

 

[Psymonds]

ok week 1 of 18 week marathon program for CIM starts today!!

and we're just a few weeks out from coast to coast at Halloween Half.

 

[Psymonds]

two pace runs in a row where I've blown up and shut down about 3 miles in. ;(

need to make sure I'm not pushing a pace early i can't hold.
need to focus on backing off when I see signs of redlining....

also apparenlty

Spoiler: icky stuff

I had a bunch of phlegm in my throat that decided it wanted to come out whenever I pushed above my pace.

 

[Psymonds]

I don't know why but it's felt like a blah 2 weeks of running until today. 5 miles with some speedwork. finished it out ok. did not hack up a lung.

As an aside, new schedule for school means I'm dropping off DD14 when I want to run. so I'm trying to figure out when to run. I think tommorow is my first headlamp run attempt at 5 am.

 

[Psymonds]

Question for people:

it's fall, we have a bunch going on on weekends, (and weekdays) how do you moderte training with other activities. for example, I did a backpacking trip over the weekend with scouts and clearly it didn't fulfill my scheduled 9 miles easy but would you swap that in for a 3 mile easy base run? it was longer and weighted but not as aerobic.

anyway, I ended up doing the long run yesterday afternoon and felt great. 10k pr on what was an "easy" run. ran up hill to home at end when I often walk that.

 

[jmasgat]

Guess it depends on your plan/run frequency/ goals, etc. Ex: I only want to run 4 days max/week. But if I like the structure/content of a plan that has, e.g. 5 days, I will take one of the easy days and drop it/do cross training. So yes, I would count your hiking as cross training and call it the equivalent of an easy day. But I would do that because I’m in the “no race goals” stage of my running and so it works for me.

In the past, if “life” occurred, I would generally look at trying to reschedule, or if it wasn’t a recurring theme, just drop that easy run and not worry too much about it.