Relatively stiff dead-legged shakeout. Saturday’s effort didn’t leave me as knackered as I originally anticipated, but there’s definitely some residual fatigue kicking around in my legs.
PM 1 Mile, 7m45s
Post-work shakeout on the suffer-machine, hoping to move the blood around and get some pop back for tomorrow.
Tuesday April 8, 9.7 Miles, 3537′ 2h1m
Three loops around Tammany, experimenting with some “euro” rules (cutting switchbacks etc). Generally awful legs, I felt pretty resilient on the downhill, but overall pep-less for the inclines. I also forgot how uncomfortable a hard workout can be on decidedly un-recovered legs.
Wed April 9, 10 Miles 571′ 1h15m
Typical neighborhood road-loop through town. Pressed for time between jobs, still feeling rather fatigued.
Thurs April 10, 10 Miles, 1319′ 1h27m
Allamuchy: Waterloo TH>White>Yellow>White>Green>SSX>Iron Mine>SSX>TH. Attempting a near-race-pace effort on a reasonably similar course on tired legs. Overall a successful effort, but again, still noticing the fatigue (this is a deliberate trend…).
PM 8 Miles, 530′ 64m
Modified Broken Shin loop with the guys, trying to generally take it easy and not push anything.
Fri April 11, 10.3 Miles, 1227′ 1h25m
Double-Powerline loop. All that my log book says is “worst legs to date, taking it “easy.”” In hindsight, still a respectable effort, and considering my upcoming race schedule, it’s probably been a good idea to really get some grind-time in.
Sat April 12, 12 Miles, 248′ 1h23m
2 Mile Warm-up followed by 10 Miles of MP progression. Last 3 mile splits were 6:37, 6:18 and 6:20 respectively. Unsurprisingly fatigued legs considering the trend throughout the week, which of course was by no means a recommended way to start a hard workout. Although, encouragingly enough, the last time I did this particular workout with the same guys, we were ~20 seconds/mile slower in the last 5k, and I was noticeably suffering, whereas this time around, even with the faster pace, and arguably much more tired legs, I finished stronger. 2 Miles, Shakeout, 16m01s
PM 4 Miles, 528′ 42m
Desultory outing at Allamuchy. Hoping to put in substantially more mileage at a rather relaxed pace, but instead dealt with the worst feeling legs I can recall, period.
Sun April 13, 10 Miles, 991′ 1h23m
Tourne loops in between jobs, nice to feel the sun on my back (although my sunburned shoulders may disagree)
PM 2 Miles Barefoot 16m19s
Totals: 86.1 Miles, 9,314’12h13m
Very much a mercurial week, especially since I basically felt like shit for the entire duration. I’m rather pleased with the consistency of my shorter efforts, while equally displeased with my inability to string together quite enough climb, or quite a long enough run this close to my next race. Saturday was kind of a bust, having to bisect my day with teaching, and I’m not wholly sure that running hard in the morning was the best idea, especially considering the flat/fast nature of the workout. What I can say however, is that with the amount of residual fatigue in my legs beginning the run, I’ve not felt that sort of discomfort/desperation outside of a racing situation period, and there has to be some sort of advantage to that.
Rhythm and Rocks 