Last week was a rough one for me. I have been nailing my tempo runs, but logging the long and medium long runs was beginning to become a challenge. Legs were heavy and beat up and mentally every mile was becoming a chore. My original plan for this week was for more of the same, high miles and a couple of serious tempo runs, but since things were feeling s bit stale with that routine, I decided to throw some interval and fartlek running into the mix, hoping that might break me out of the funk. So Tuesday I went to the track and instead of my usual 12 mile run with 7 to 9 at sub marathon pace, I warmed up and did interval ladders, running 250 meters all out and 250 easy, 500 hard, 500 easy and so on. Friday was more of the same, but less structured. I started with 100 meter strides, a lot of them, then would run hard on the straight part of the track and easy on the turns, followed by "let's see by how fast can I run a mile." Basically having some fun. Worked like a charm, as my 19 plus miles on Saturday were effortless and the follow-up 14 plus Sunday was even better. Good week, finishing up with 93 miles and a fresh perspective.
Looking forward to some warmer weather this week. The plan is stay around the 90 mile mark, but probably move one of my quality efforts to Sunday's MLR. I have been doing my week end runs a little too easy, so time to step up the effort a bit. There are only about 6 or 7 weeks of quality weeks left, so time to get plenty of rest, fuel right and really get after those quality runs. Maybe even find a race or two test out the fitness level.
Happy Running!
Rick
No comments:
Post a Comment