weekly woes

Rickshaw · Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 9:47 pm

Did your running go as you'd hoped this week? Did you survive the warm weather?

I struggled a little bit this week, and felt over-tired much of the time. I totalled 55 miles, following 58 last week and also 58 the week before, for the highest three-week total mileage I've done in a long time. But many of my runs this week were a challenge to get through.

Tuesday I did a long hilly run in warm weather, about 12 miles. I really cranked through some downhill miles near the end, which was probably a bad idea. Thursday I did 13 miles on another warm day, without enough water. Mid-way through the run I did three hard tempo miles, and felt utterly spent after that. I ended up having to walk the last mile home. Saturday was my team workout, an 18 x 0.33 mile relay race that was pretty taxing. Then today I slogged through 15 miles at a turtle's pace. I think the combination of the speed workout/race on Saturday followed by the long run on Sunday was tough. All week, I've been feeling sleep-deprived and had trouble getting up in the morning. In fact, I should probably go to bed now...

The plan for next week is basically the same, but extending the long run to 16 miles. I'll probably do a three mile race on Saturday. The rest of the week may involve a bit of cutting back, if I continue to feel flat.