Recovery

This last week was tough. I felt pretty strong coming off of Drake Well - but it's a week later and I haven't been able to shake some muscle soreness in my hamstrings and gluts. When I was training for Boston I had some plantar issues earlier in my training that forced me to focus on recovery - this time around my training has been going pretty smoothly. Unfortunately that's allowed me to not engage in activities that I should have - such as ice baths, massage, yoga, and leg elevation.

The lack of massage and yoga are mostly because I haven't found a good place for either of these near Winchester yet. Most likely I'll make a trip out to my trusted massage professional in Baltimore to get the kinks worked out before my half marathon in Philly.

I ended up cutting some mileage this week due to my soreness - I even ditched the marathon pace effort I had scheduled for Saturday. This next week will be interesting to see if I can actually get back to 115 miles for the week. In the last 18 weeks I've run a total of 1,578 miles - exactly 200 more than what I ran in the first 18 weeks of training for Boston in 2009. So a lot of the work is behind me - the next two weeks I still need to push things when my body allows - but at this point I'd rather be overly cautious than injured.

Last Week
Monday: 6.5 miles
Tuesday: 10.5 miles
Wednesday: 13.5 miles 3X2 mi @ T pace 2 min rest 1 mi T pace
Thursday: 14 miles
Friday: 7 miles
Saturday: 7.5 miles
Sunday: 17 miles
Total: 76 miles

Next Week
Monday morning: 4 miles
Monday evening:10.5 miles
Tuesday morning: 6.5 miles
Tuesday: 16 miles 2X(3 mi easy 4 mi tempo)
Wednesday: 14 miles
Thursday: 11.5 miles
Friday: 22 miles
Saturday: 13 miles
Sunday morning: 6 miles
Sunday evening: 11.5 miles
Total: 115 miles