Might as well run there...

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Getting my trail legs back.

After taking a few weeks of planned recovery time off from running after CIM, I'm back in the saddle, I'm ramping the mileage back up. I feared, or rather dreaded, the acclimation time and discomfort ahead of me while working myself back into a regular training pattern. But, to my surprise, it seems that I haven't lost much fitness! Aside from a bit of muscle soreness in my legs, I'm feeling great and was surprised to look back of the last seven days and see that I piled up over 50 miles of running.

01/03/2014
10 mile run

01/04/2014
14 mile run

01/07/2014
7 mile run w/ 8 x 400m w/ 400m jogs (400's ranged 5:35 - 6:20/mile pace)

01/09/2014
10 mile run with Lucy

01/11/2014
18 mile Western States Trail run - Cal St. to Driver's Flat

01/12/2014
4.5 mile run with Lucy, followed by a 49ers win over Carolina! Niners!!!

01/13/2014
11.5 mile run with Lucy

01/14/2014
8 mile run with 5 x 800m w/ 400m jogs (800's ranged 6:30 - 6:45/mile pace)

01/15/2014
11 mile run

Weekly Totals (last 7 days): 63 miles, +5,636 ft.

So, I'm happy to be trotting around and I'm relieved at what, so far, seems to be an easy transition back to some good training miles.

Also, I think I've found (at least the top half of) my Comrades Ultramarathon outfit: