These last two weeks were very productive blocks of training. Unfortunately, it did not end well but a slightly premature end to this training cycle is just fine. I had no races lined up and was focusing on aerobic development and strength. Here we go.
Monday, 3/15
Lunge Matrix + leg swings, 66 min. + 6 x 10 sec. hill sprints. Myrtl routine. Felt pretty slow today. [9 miles]
Tuesday, 3/16
Standard warm-up, 71′ + 5 x 20″ surges. [10 miles]
Wednesday, 3/17
AM: Cannonball, 25 min. warm-up, 8 x hills: 2 x 2 min., 4 x 90 sec., 2 x 75 sec., 21 min. warm-down + light drills and 10 min. ice bath. I felt awesome today and really tried to turn it over on the last two shorter hill reps. Fitness is really coming along! [11 miles]
PM: 1 set standard core, 30 pushups, gym workout: 2 x (12 walking lunges with 25 lb. plate, 15 bench press @ 95 lbs., 15 deadlifts at 85 lbs., 7 pullups, 8 pistol squats with 10 lbs., 12 dips).
Thursday, 3/19
AM: Standard warm-up, 70 min. with 2 x 1 min. + 2 x 30 sec. with 1 min recovery. Light drills. [10 miles]
PM: 30 pushups + 1 set standard core. Foam roller.
Friday, 3/20
AM: Standard warm-up, 36 min. + 4 strides. Light drills + 11 min. ice bath. [5 miles]
PM: ITB rehab routine.
Saturday, 3/21
Cannonball + lunge matrix, 2:08 with last ~15 min. significantly faster. Two sets standard core + 15 min. ice bath. My right hamstring tightened up for the last half mile or so but not performance limiting. Felt great otherwise! [18 miles]
Sunday, 3/22
Standard warm-up, 56 min. + 10 min. ice bath. Light drills and foam roller before bed. [8 miles]
Summary
71 miles with a good amount of core and strength work. Consistency! I’m feeling pretty awesome without doing any really hard workouts. I have successfully avoided the track which was a huge goal of mine.
Monday, 3/22
AM: Cannonball to loosen up.
PM: Standard warm-up, 65 min. + 2 sets standard core. Tired today from a good weekend of training. [9 miles]
Tuesday, 3/23
Lunge matrix, 70 min. + 4 x 10 sec. hill sprints. Leg swings before bed. [10 miles]
Wednesday, 3/24
AM: Cannonball, 28 min. warm-up with 2 x 20 sec. surges, 2 x tempo loop at tempo pace + 30 min. warm-down with 4 x 1 min. hard. Myrtl routine. Ran the tempo loops in 7:11 (3:21, 3:50) and 7:07 (3:18, 3:48) – 14:19 total tempo – 72 min. total running. [11 miles]
PM: 2 x 30 pushups
Thursday, 3/25
AM: Standard warm-up, 70 min. with 4 x 20 sec hard. [10 miles]
PM: 3 sets standard core + 3 x 30 pushups.
Friday, 3/25
Standard warm-up, 36 min. + ITB rehab routine. [5 miles]
Saturday, 3/26
Lunge matrix, 25 min. warm-up + hurdle drills and leg swings. Ran 4 strides then a 3k time trial in 9:38. Felt very slow, no turnover or “extra gear” to push the middle laps. Split 5:04 at the mile. This effort is the equivalent of about a 10:20 two-mile. Silver lining: I was barely tired. 20 min. warm-down + leg swings. [8 miles]
Saturday, 3/27
Cannonball + short lunge matrix. 64 min. outside but left arch got very sore so I cut this run. I should not have been dancing all night after a time trial!! [9 miles]
Summary:
62 miles with a very mediocre time trial. Definitely not satisfied with the time but I hadn’t been doing any fast workouts with the exception of my last hill workout. I’m happy with how I felt in terms of aerobic development – not tired or breathing too heavily so I think I have a good base to build from.
