I planned a very aggressive ramping up of mileage for the first month of this training cycle. It looked good on paper, running 80 plus mile weeks in June and be doing some 90 plus mile weeks by mid-July. But, with the body another year older, it ain't that easy. I did break 80 this week, but just barely, but this week I overslept on Thursday and missed some miles and with the day's getting warmer, the long runs can become more and more of a slog. So, the 90 mile weeks may be delayed a bit, as I want to keep my weekly increases just under 10%.
Even though the mileage increase wasn't there, the quality was pretty good. My Tuesday morning progression run was faster than last week's, plus I had a Friday tempo run where I killed 7 miles at Moose Mug MP of sub 6:30. I then capped off the week with back to back long runs of 14 miles on Saturday and 17 plus on Sunday. Well shoot for high 80's next week, then may back off a bit the following week, to make some room for the Richard Hoska Mile on Wednesday, July 8th. Looking forward to doing some racing in July and August.
Also, I can welcome back Malena Larsen to the world of running again this week. She has been out of commission for weeks and has had to resort to biking. Oh the horror! Looking forward to some long runs with my daughter and the gluttonous trip to Cherry Berry after!
Happy Running!
Rick
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