March was a month of struggle and transition which included a good long run, speedwork, and hill repeats without injury. I started to incorporate a weight vest in some of my daily runs and hill repeats to stress my body a little more. I’ve slowly been increasing the weight to allow my body to adjust while protecting myself from injury. Following Rocky, it took about 4 weeks before my running strength started returning to normal. My speedwork was lagging compared to my last session, but has now returned to performing 6X800meters at 3 min per repeat. My first two long runs in March did not go well and I felt an overall fatigued feeling lined with frustration (Still dealing with my Rocky performance). I took a light training week and did a 27 mile long run and felt strong all day. It was a perfect running day and the trail in great shape. The funny thing is I did my first face-plant when my foot got caught on a root and ended up eating some dirt. My hand held water bottles took the brunt of the fall and saved my hands. I was moving pretty fast on a downhill section and found myself airborne with no place to go but down (Gravity still works). I got up, brushed the dirt off, inspected for damage, and started to laugh out loud for a few minutes. Unfortunately, nobody was around to experience my graceful landing.

This past week, I took the family down to Disney World for spring break (And to get out of town with the Masters Golf tournament here in Augusta GA) and had an awesome time. Did not get any running in, but did walk about a thousand miles. The parks were at full capacity, but we still hit all our favorite rides. Also got some sun time in at Blizzard Beach and Typhoon Lagoon and got a head start on my tan (or should I say burn).
5 comments:
Sounds like your getting back in the swing of things and had some fun in Disney. Those 800's are fast! I am just at the 3:12 mark for mine. Yesterday was the first time back at the track for months.
So what's the plan Tom? I checked out the registration and don't see that you have committed to the Mohican 100M in June yet. Kate.
Kate: Check again - I'm in. I waited for today so I could get another good long run in (last Mon) to see how everything was coming together.
Rooster: I'm back and training with even more purpose then before. This is good - Getting hungry for improvement. I don't have anything to compare my speedwork to but my own time. You are an elite world class runner and makes me feel good about my time. Now, if I can just get the other 95% pulled together.
glad to hear things are coming back together. I've got the MM also. Wore them the last 20 of McNaughton and they felt really good. As you said, I hope they are durable, but I think they can go a full 100.
I am impressed with your determination and hard work. Youa re such an inspiration. Good luck at Mohican! Ana-Maria
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