thursday - 6 miles on greenway. felt so rusty. maybe it was too much after the 20 miler on tuesday.
sunday - 4 miles on the mountain. i thought a couple days rest would be better after feeling so rusty thursday. it did me good.my little man came on the trail with me and he kept up the whole time. he actually enjoyed it which makes me happy!
monday - a short 3 miler
tuesday -23 miles at a mountain trail near my house. it was hot, quite technical, very hilly, very rocky and it felt like it took me forever just to finish. it was rough. i could say it was the hardest training run i've done yet. but i got it done. i went through 70 oz of water in my camelback, and extra 10 from a water bottle i brought, and 22 oz of GU brew. i alternated powerbar gels and a quarter pb&j sandwich with 8 peanut m&m's every 4 miles. i've seen these items at most trail races and they seem to work great for me. i hope to not take as long next week when i try to run 25 or 26 on a trail. it will be my last long run before a sharp 15 days taper before the 50k. not my ideal training schedule this go around, but i had to go with it what time i did have to train and so far it seems like i can at least try to run the 50k.
3 comments:
So awesome! 50K is amazing!
The 20K this Saturday seems really long for me right now, but I'm pressing on.
Wow, that's some bad ass mileage!
It's great to hear that you feel up to running the 50K. This post really makes me wish I lived where I could do my training on mountains. Well, at least I can try your peanut M&M's idea!
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