A little late but better than never! I really felt like I didn’t have time to do anything I normally like to do this week. Squeezing in training was hard enough.
Weekly Totals: 48.66 miles and 9,524 feet
Monday
Easy M Lap with Twig – 1.9 miles 863 feet of Vert
Notes: Feeling sick so I took an extra easy day.. I was supposed to do a VO2 max style workout
Lift // Pull Day
Backsquats 4×5 @ 125lbs
Romanian Deadlifts 3×5 @ 145lbs
SS1: SL BB HipThrust 3×6@ 45lbs + SL Crossbody Banded KB RDL 3×8 @25lbs
SS2: Eccentric Pull Ups 3×8 + KB Gorilla Rows 3×8/Side @25lbs
Tuesday
Easy M Lap with Twig – 1.95 miles and 823 feet of Vert
Notes: Went home to finish my run because I got hot and it made me anxious about leaving Twig in the car for the rest
Easy town run: 3.87 miles and 266 feet of vert
Notes: Still feeling sick
Wednesday
Track workout on the treadmill- 8 miles
20 minute warmup
2 x 4 x 400m with 200m recovery and 400m between sets
4 x 200m with 200m recovery
20 min cool down
Notes: Fastest 200: 52 sec // Fastest 400: 1:48
EZ M Lap with Twig- 1.9 miles and 823 feet
Notes: This actually felt hard to do after my treadmill workout! Probably should have just taken her to Pete’s hill but I wanted to get her out for something higher quality since I had less time today.
Lift
4×4 Front Squat @85lbs
3×5 Bench Press @75lbe
SS1: 3 sets of 8/Side BB OH Walking Lunges @50lbs and Pushups to Failure (10)
SS2: 2 sex 8/Side Goblet Tall Box Step Downs @25lbs and Top Down DB Z Press @20lb dbs
Notes: Cut this lift short by a set because I didn’t have enough time before work
Thursday
Very Easy Run/Hike with Twig -6.55 miles and 620 feet of Vert
Notes: I walked a lot. It was extremely icy and I was feeling very sore. Usually it would have been a rest day but I needed to get Twig outside and I wanted to do something sort of adventurish because it was over 50 degrees! So I scoped out conditions for backpacking to a cabin this weekend. The good news is I think I’ve overcome the sickness relatively fast.
Friday
Long Run: 16.5 miles and 4,000 feet of Vert
Notes: Included some bushwhacking. Failed to hydrate and fuel well again. Came home and peed dark yellow and felt nauseous. Legs felt absolutely fried but I PRed a lot of steep climbing bits! Lisa is a very strong runner. Great to share miles with someone training for the same thing!
Saturday
Storm Castle Hike with Friends – 7.8 miles and 2,100 feet of vert
Notes: We did do some jogging downhill so I counted this as a trail run
Sunday
Backpacking in to Mystic Lake Cabin: 10.4 miles and 1,222ft of vert
Notes: On mud and ice sheets with a very heavy pack approx 40lbs because I was carrying heavy stuff for Twig and 4.5 liters of water
Overview: After a strong start to my training block with week 1, week 2 started with me feeling sick and missing a workout but luckily by the end I was feeling a lot better already. I also started a new bartending job this week that had me at work until 11pm so making the sleep adjustment was hard as well. I felt like I didn’t have much time for anything this week and I was constantly running out of time to get anything done that I had planned. I like being busy but it’s hard to always feel like I’m running out of time. I cut my lift short by a set on Wednesday just so I would have enough time to make dinner before work. I also like to spend a lot of time with Twig and give her the best life that I can so it is important to me that I spend a minimum of an hour getting outside with her everyday. A couple of days we just did the M which is 30 minutes but I felt like it was kicking her butt. She also seems to be entering her teenage era as she was constantly driving me crazy at home this week and I left the house to go get work done on my computer at a coffee shop two different times just so I could have some peace and quiet. I really have no idea how people have children LOL. I’m sure having someone else to raise them with helps. This month also started the “Forward is a pace” challenge at the local running store and they are doing weekly giveaways for people who post about it and meet their goals. I set a lofty goal of 200 miles which means I have to do 50 mile weeks. I think I only ran 200 miles in a month one other time and it was right before my peak training last year when I got injured. I think this is going to be really challenging but I’m also focusing on keeping my efforts easy such as when I went for a hike and run with Twig. I expect to be clocking a lot of easy miles like that just to hit my goal but we will see. I could crank out a healthy effort at RUFA. I failed to fuel and particularly hydrate on my long run once again feeling nauseous and peeing dark yellow when I got home. I definitely need to focus more on hydration next week. By the end of the week my legs just felt like lead and I really struggled on the Storm Castle hike and the backpacking trip. I had company come on Friday which was awesome but definitely distracting from my usual health routines. I stayed up way later than usual and didn’t get much sleep at all over the weekend.
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