Category: Training Log

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8/1 pain says hi

Another month to tackle.
Bring it on, August. Bring it on.
LOVIN THE PAIN.

M-
4 set tabata group legs am
9 mi trail
1 set tabata pm

T-
4.5m night run with Dave & Ben
45min tempo midnight run
1 set tabata pm

W-
6mi paved early early am
10mi trail am
4 set tabata group boxing/plyometric

Th-
8mi trail w Mccurdy- rainy am
7mi trail for speed late am

F/S-
ran hard from midnight to 8am on no sleep or fuel or caffeine.. accidentally paused garmin after 30 something miles. Doesn’t matter bc I killed it & I know it. 😉 (what a CRAZY INSANE adventure. I may have to write a whole story about it. I feel like a little kid!)

Su- AM 90min technical trail, 90 paved
PM- skipped PM mileage, just didn’t crave a run- that’s usually my body’s way of saying it needs a short break.

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7/24 vacation running

Nothing can curb your discipline like a week or so at the beach…
Not me. My alarm has gone off at 4:30 every day (besides my recovery day) for an early morning long run. And knowing I have some doubters, well honestly, that’s just a ton more fuel to my fire. Nothing feeds my drive like someone telling me something “isn’t possible.”
There’s really nothing to detail about my running this week. Did lots of long and slow, and some fast, and some speed play and lots of core work. I based my workouts on time instead of distance bc I was running in sand. I didn’t want to flip out about my pace bc I know it was a good 2 minutes slower than normal. Blah. Blah. Blah.

Also sorry to my friends for being absent from my phone. I did warn you guys though! 😉 I should have just kept the thing turned off, but I use the camera and iPod frequently. I just chunk the thing somewhere in the am, and randomly pick it up throughout the day. And that’s about the pace it takes me to get back to someone…. Sllooow. If you are wondering though, the lack of communication and gadgets have greatly improved my mental focus on very long runs. I’ve found that I can get through just about anything I’ve thrown at myself as a mental challenge, quietly and patiently.

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7/17 week 1 back in the mid 100s

Fiercely facing all of my giants, and guess what? It’s freakin’ easy.. Stone to the head & they’re dead. I’m full of mental and emotional ammo and I’m using absolutely everything in my arsenal to wreak havoc on my mileage. BUT I’m saving the best for last.
First week shaped out like this-

S:
AM 16.5m
PM 7m
Conditioning XT

M:
AM 10.5m
PM 7m
Core conditioning

T:
AM 11m
PM sprint

W:
AM 11.5m
PM hill sprints
High rep core

T:
AM 4m slow
XT

F:
8 hour 45min adventure run with bff amber!!!!!!

S:
20mi hill/paved/trail

Food consumed during this week:
Not much other than a ton of fruit and over 7 gallons of chocolate milk! Feed me. I’m withering away.

Summary:

I hurt.
But not in the way you would think.
I hurt mentally.
(My legs are fine.) I just wish I could run more & it’s hard to wrap my brain around the fact that I ran almost 40 hours this week & I still want more. Why? I don’t know.

..Typical..

I wanna get full throttle into the high mileage again. It was hard to restrict it this week. But it was my first week back into the hundreds and i couldnt take it exactly where i wanted to…

You know..
Always pushing limits.
“dangerous”, right? It’s whatev.

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Training resumed 7/10

I set out to do a hike, and ended up running 12 miles on trails.. Oops. It was definitely labored & hard, but I expected that. No chest pains like before. Just a general out of shape feeling from laying in the bed for several days on end. I don’t plan to start knocking off 100+ weeks again just yet, but I no longer have ruled out an aggressive race schedule for the fall. A couple weeks of speed work and I’m fairly confident that I’ll be back where I was. Everything is on hold mentally for me though, until I finish out my run at clinch, right where I passed out, and not a step further. Gotta finish what ya start….

Sunday-
AM outer loop @ yargo, minus monster mile hit the inner loop instead for that mile. VERY easy pace, held back on climbs.
PM sledges, tire press, pushups, 300 rep core, 1 mile cool down run

Monday-
AM isometric training of entire lower body, 300 rep core

Tuesday-
20 mile speed play including mountain climbs
PM XT heavy

Wednesday thru Saturday plans

5mi track, 9 mi easy
12 mi trail, XT strength
5k track, XT endurance
6 hr loop

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6/20 – taper

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view from yesterday’s night run^

Man… Yesterday’s runs were phenomenal. Gosh. Just pure running, thick with raw emotion. ..YOU KNOW..
Just one of THOSE days!! I’m such a woman. 🙂
I often feel thankful just to be running, feeling, enjoying…breathing. I spend a lot of time in deep prayer during my runs. Yesterday was no different. I started feeling really thankful that I broke away from pretty much everyone this year and started training exclusively. Before 2011 it was all about “what is everyone else doing?” and “I want to go too!” But not anymore..No social media, no wasted time, no communicating with rude people I don’t even care about just to save face, no FOLLOWING. More time with family, more time actually TALKING to friends instead of typing to them… much more time running. Like 25 hours a week running, where it used to be MAYBE 10. I simply just left everyone else & molded into myself. I stopped caring about what anyone else had to say about my running. That change in my life helped turn me into the runner I’ve always wanted to be. A better one. Sure maybe I still can’t race worth a flip.. But I actually can RUN fast for over 70miles. I never thought I could do that, because i never had the nerve to try it on my own! Anyway, yesterday’s highly emotional running was a great way to end my week & prep for another 100.:)

So this week is all about the intense taper. My body is used to the abuse (stacked speed work, 100 mile weeks, quadruple days, etc.) so I can handle it.

MON
10k pm, slow 5mi after
cardio XT

TUE
Slow 3mi AM, 5k pm
cardio XT

WED
6-8moderate
cardio XT

THUR
5k am

FRI
off

SAT
Race 100miles

SUN
shake out run

Any number with a K after it is done at threshold.

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6/13

“..give me a sign, show me where to look and tell me what will I find…”

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You always think you are working hard, until you meet someone that puts your efforts to shame. My goal is to NEVER meet that person.. Even though I know they are out there:). Heading towards another 100+ week of mainly sprint paced workouts & fast long runs. This week is going to be clutch for so many reasons.

~never take running advice from someone unless they consistently cross a finish line first~

Monday-
1.) 4:30am speedwork with traci: 800 warmup, ladder 400,800,1200,800,400 with recovery 400 in between each set 2.) 5:30a trails with Erin 7mi (1hr)
3.) high rep core work with Ashley
4.) 2nd round of speed work-40min of 400 repetitions, under 68sec each, followed by recovery rep at 8:45 pace, 3 100s @ 14sec with 100 recovery between, set of stadiums @full effort, 2nd round of core work 200 rep.

Tuesday-
1.)2mi shake out morning run
2.)7.5mi technical trail – 1hr

Wednesday-
1.)4:30a session speed work w/ Jimmy & Traci. 5mi 800s with 400 recovery, WU&CD, &abs. Loved the full moon this am. 🙂 jimmy and traci are both getting a lot faster.. Watch out for them in some upcoming races.
2.)high rep weighted core w/ Ash
3.)hiking with Brooklyn 4mi-this was actually a very important part of training today.

Thursday-
1.)9 mi technical trail/pavement with Mccurdy. Outrunning some sort of wild animal so had to kick it up a notch, Geez..! Discussed some attack plans for fort clinch with BMc. She is one of the few that has seen me completely fall apart during an ultra run, maybe more than once (bethel hill.. Thanksgiving… Training runs, etc) She knows my weaknesses, and always has some great tips and reminders to offer. Nice comfortable pace today. 1hr
20m

Friday-noticed a tiny twinge of pain in my right shin after speed work, but unlike before, I’m not messing with it again this am. Skipped the am mileage (13) and going to test it out tonight on trails. (yes- tonight- one awesome benefit of this style of training is the amazing recovery ability it gives the body.) The remainder of this week is speed work and a couple sprints up the rock, and some recovery miles. Intensity has to go WAY UP for a couple of days.

So, evening total- 12.5, ran yargo outer in 1:48. Couldn’t quite find my groove today, my mind was elsewhere, just daydreaming and zoning out instead of focusing on pace. I felt a little off since I skipped my AM mileage. Happy to find that my shin pain was gone when I started out. Unfortunately, took my 2nd ever spill 3 miles in and tweaked my ankle.. Nothing bad enough to take me out though.
Did a 100 burpee challenge beforehand in 6:30..kinda sapped my cardio (lungs hurt a bit during run–awesome:)) finished with a round of core work.

Weekend plans-
Burpees… Lots and lots and lots of burpees.

Saturday-20 total, split throughout day
Sunday-25 for time (hard trails)

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6/6

This week was a family vacay, so it wasnt too terribly hard to ignore the urge to run. I will say my nights were riddled with crazy dreams, longing for a 20+, but I kept my cool. Walking over 20miles helped a little bit

Mon- 7mi speed. .75 on, .25 moderate300 rep core
Tue- Disney 12hrs walking. Umm dont shake your head, my legs hurt the next day!
Wed-4.5 tempo, 300 rep core
Fri- 5mi sprints 200 rep core
Sat- 10mi warmup, 5k, 10mi cooldown
Sun- 20 recovery pace, Xtrain

After this week, its back to increase in prep for Ft Clinch..Hoping for the best! Cant wait for 100#3

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5/23

With the sound advice and wisdom of some top notch trainers & coaches, my running has officially been revamped. I’m training towards a couple of goals.. My major goal is a good performance at a 24 hour race this year (“good” is all I’m saying). Keep track of my
training if you’re interested & see what happens.

*Monday- 1.)4:30am interval session
90 seconds @ 100% 2 min @ recovery pace- 3.5mi, 2.)evening 6mi tempo- warm up@recover pace, 5.5 mi race pace
300rep core training
Total 9.5mi

*Tuesday- 1.)maximum heartrate/ threshold training on mountain(2mi) with my 3.5 yr old on my back in a kelty pack & additional weight 2.) 5 mi @recovery pace (while pushing stroller) 3.) evening 8mi technical trail run @ recovery pace
200 rep core training
Total 15mi

*Wednesday- 1.)my DO WHAT I FEEL day 🙂 I chose a progressive tempo run. I started at a 9:45 pace and increased quickly to a 5:45 pace over the course of 3.5 miles. & a couple rounds of core work today not sure on the rep count- prob 200-250.
Total 3.5mi

*Thursday- 1.) 5am session training Traci. running supersetted with sets of high jump burpees for cardio and dead leg training. 4 mi/ 70 high jump burpees completed in 33min. 2.) 7mi trail run pushing stroller -1 hr 15min (youuch!)
3.)8mi technical trail run 1hr 12min
200 rep core training
Total 19mi

Weekend plans
Fri- Xtrain cardio
Sat-10mi w. Sarah@recovery 2mi trail hard
Sun-50mi for time

Got cali on my mind…..

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