Now, I know some of those ultra “training programs” like to
say you should must do back-to-back long runs, but I’m not really there
yet. Or I am but don’t want to injure myself. Something like that.
BUT. Oh yes, it’s Saturday evening and I got my long (in my
terms) run in this morning. North Shore rain, Grouse Mountain wind and all
those pesky off-leash dogs pooping on the trail be darned!
Having absolutely no experience in marathon/ultra training I
end up reading almost all the resources I can find and then try to balance that
with how I feel, anything specific I need to train for and what my (somewhat
loving) brother says is, “too much too soon.” Yeah, I guess I’m glad I didn't jump right from 14 trail miles to 18 trail miles. I can see how that would have
been a supremely-painful day.
Now with a solid handful of 10-to-15 mile trail runs in, it feels
like a good distance base is brewing.
- December 8: 10.6 miles – 1,080’ gain
- December 15: 12.5 miles – 1,306’ gain
- December 22: 13 miles – 2,203’ gain
- December 26: 10.2 miles – 1,827’ gain
- December 29: 12.2 miles – 1,916’ gain
- January 5: 14 miles – 1,650’ gain
- January 13: 15 miles – 3,406’ gain
- January 26: 14.9 miles – 1,785’ gain
It’s not only the distance, but the time makes these runs so
much more satisfying for me. Two or three hours outside in the trees (or at
least not in town) really lets me get in the run. Doing shorter runs now feels
odd; like I’m just starting to get warmed up when I’m finishing. Ggggrrrr. Hate
that feeling. Unfortunately that’ll be the norm now that I’m going to
mini-taper before the Golden Gate 30k (18.5 miles) with my bro. Think I’ll need the fresh legs
for the up-and-down course (3,900’ gain).
So, Saturday 26th of January…you were my last
real training run before this ill-conceived 2013 racing season starts. Today
was a good run (frozen fingers aside).
Let the games begin…
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