I’ve always been interested in the training details of others, whether it be weekly mileage, pace, specific workouts, etc. So, I’ve decided to add a weekly recap to each week of my training. I’ll cover the basics, but I hope to provide some insight into what I’ve found to work and why. Hopefully, you can get something out of the posts. If you want something specific to be discussed, just let me know!
I’ll apologize now because the next few weeks will be much lower mileage than normal, but I promise it will get better. I averaged 50 miles a week for the first nine months of the year and I’m hoping to get back to that level by the end of the year. Anyway, here are the details from last week:
Monday, 11/09
Rest
Tuesday, 11/10
Rest – My wife is a hair stylist and the salon she works at has a massage therapist. So, she was able to get me an appointment to try to do some work on my hamstring and see if it loosens up. I blogged about it here, so I’ll spare you the details again. Basically, she released a pretty big knot and my leg felt great afterwards.
Wednesday, 11/11
4 miles at 7:34 pace. After Wednesday’s massage, I decided to give the legs a try with an early morning run. They felt good, but I wanted to keep it short.
Thursday, 11/12
2 miles at 8:00 pace. This was a lunch time run on the treadmill at work. It had been almost three weeks since I had back-to-back runs, so I just wanted to see how the legs felt. I could still feel the tightness during the run, but it wasn’t anything too bad.
Friday, 11/13
6 miles at 7:40 pace. An early morning run and it felt great to get out for a slightly longer run. The leg felt “ok”, as I didn’t have any pain, but I could still feel some slight tightness.
Saturday, 11/14
Rest
Sunday, 11/15
Rest
TOTAL: 12 miles
