5 down, 5 to go. Although I am a little behind in posting, last week was a good week. I even entered a 10 km cross-country race on Sunday, so I altered my schedule. This included dropping a run, bringing my Rest days to 3 this week, and modifying another to accommodate the unscheduled race. Although I was not expecting to have 3 rest days, I wanted to stay somewhat rested for the last-minute race. Unscheduled or not, I still find that I run faster in competition of any kind than I do when it is just me against the clock. My pace in the race was noticeably faster than my pace in the much shorter mock race on Wednesday.
This Tuesday I move into the original part of the schedule that I ran when I was 15 years old, so I will pay extra attention to keeping to my scheduled runs after that point. I do have a 10 km race on my schedule for this Sunday, so I have been searching frantically for any local races to fit the bill to avoid another me against the clock time trial. As of now I have not found anything to fit the bill, but the search will continue.
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Totals |
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Oct 10 Fartlek X-C (4 miles) |
Oct 11 Rest |
Oct 12 X-C Race 6200 m (4 miles) |
Oct 13 Fartlek X-C (6 miles) |
Oct 14 LSD 1 hr or 8 miles |
Oct 15 30 min or 4 miles Easy |
Oct 16 Rest |
26 miles |
|
Oct 10 Fartlek X-C (4 miles) |
Oct 11 Rest |
Oct 12 X-C Race 6200 m (4 miles) |
Oct 13 Rest
|
Oct 14 Fartlek X-C (4 miles) |
Oct 15 Rest |
Oct 16 X-C Race 10000 m +wu/wd (8 miles) |
20 miles |
I now ramp up my mileage and number of runs quickly over the balance of the schedule, so I will have to keep a close eye on fatigue and injury, but so far so good.
See you on the road.
