It has been a while since I hit a 100 mile training week. My training logs seems to think the last time was last May when I threw in a heavy training week before the Laurel Highlands 77 that I DNFed.
This last week looked as follows:
This last week looked as follows:
- Saturday: 40 mile trail run
- Sunday: 21 miles
- Monday: Off (traveling for work)
- Tuesday: 4 (quick run early in the morning while traveling)
- Wednesday: 14 with 4x800 @ 2:45
- Thursday: 12
- Friday: 9
I ran the 40 miler pretty hard and ran the 21 fairly hard as well, so I didn't really mind taking it easier while traveling for work. My legs were still pretty shot on Wednesday, and the 800s definitely felt much harder than they usually would.
It was still a very solid week of training, and my legs held up well. This week I'm dialing it back a bit (targeting 70-75 miles), and then I'm planning to go nuts next week! Hopefully I'll get a 50 miler in on Saturday and be somewhere around 110 miles for the week. Then the taper will start for the NJ 100!
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I occasionally run at Bull Run or Seneca Greenway, both of which are 30-40 minutes from the DC area.
I also try to get to the mountains somewhat regularly, particularly when training for a mountain race. I usually go to the Massanuttens or Shenandoahs.
What about you?
We should meet up for a run at Bull Run sometime, too!