1/8/12 – 15.28 miles straight run. After a 3 hour or so nap on the seventh and then 10 solid hours of sleep from the seventh to the eighth, this run actually felt pretty good with only very very mild soreness. I think my body may finally be adapting to this new mileage.
1/9/12 – AM: 7.62 miles – Took run easy. Was definitely a recovery run. Didn’t feel sore at all. Especially since I was running on about 2 hours sleep. PM: 7.62 miles. Took about an hour nap before this run. Pushed the paced on this run a little harder. Felt some very mild soreness, but nothing bad.
1/10/12 – AM: 7.62 miles – Easy run. Felt Good PM: Wasn’t able to do run; throwing up, stomach ache, flu symptoms.
1/11/12 – 15.28 miles, straight run. After sleeping/resting in bed and on couch from about 4 pm the day before to 10 am in the morning I still felt achy but much of the flu like symptoms seemed to have dissapeared. I ate an apple, drank a cup of water, and took an Aleve Cold and Sinus and went for my run. Run was tough but I was able to get it done. I felt very satisfied being able to complete a run of this length in my condition.
1/12/12 – 15.28 miles, straight run. About 45 degrees and raining when I started the run, but with about 6 miles left the rain started turning to snow. Was a tough uncomfortable run as I was just wet and cold. Calisthenics: 2 sets 20 pushups and 2 sets 15 lbs. single arm bent over dumbbell rows.
1/13/12 – AM: 7.62 miles – About 2 inches of snow on the ground but felt real smooth and easy. PM: 7.62 miles – A little more snow had accumulated at this point, but the run still felt fairly easy.
1/14/12 – 15.28 miles, straight run, and then followed immediately by 2.5 miles of treadmill running. The straight run outside was with tons of snow and slush on the ground and it was snowing, so it was pretty bad weather (I was definitely not looking forward to this run). The treadmill run clocked in at about 6:55 or 6:56 pace for those closing two miles; it felt really good considering I was pretty sore from running through the snow.
Total Weekly Miles: 101.72
Overall, it was another tough week, but I persevered. I got sick and missed a running session, but did make it up so I could hit my 100 miles. There was some more bad weather toward the end of the week. I did my first calisthenics session and I will definitely be doing more of those and implementing in some more exercises. I’m going to try and do a hill session per week on the treadmill, since speed training seems tough to do when there is snow and ice on the ground.
