Week Summary 2/13 - 2/19

Monday              

AM: 5 miles, Recovery, South Platte Trail

PM: core strength/stretching

Tuesday

AM: core strength/stretching

PM: 10 miles, Aerobic, South Platte Trail

Wednesday

AM: core strength/stretching

PM: 10 miles, Aerobic, South Platte Trail

Thursday

AM: core strength/stretch

PM: 8 miles, Tempo, South Platte Trail

Warmed up with 3 miles, followed by 4 at tempo pace, then a 1 mile cool down.

Friday

AM: 5 miles, Recovery, Cherry Creek Trail

PM: 5 miles, Recovery, South Platte Trail

Wanted to put in a real easy day in anticipation of a hard workout tomorrow morning.

Saturday

AM: 31 miles, 8000’, Mt. Falcon

Same run as last weekend…5 laps up and down Mt. Falcon. I had company for most of the run. The first 4 laps were with Kyle and Drew. The last one I ran into my mom and brother who were out for a hike with the dogs. I felt like crap during the last hour. As soon as the end of a long run is in sight, I tend to stop paying attention to my hydration and calories. Sometimes this happens with a couple hours left and I end up bonking towards the end. Definitely something I need to work on.

Sunday

AM: 5 miles, Recovery, Cherry Creek Trail

PM: core strength/stretching

Recap

Time: 14:42

Miles: 79.6

Vert: 8,548

Fairly uneventful week. I treated this week kind of like a recovery week, except for the Saturday long run. After a few big weeks I was starting to feel a bit fatigued. Cutting back 20% this week seemed to help. Only 3 weeks ‘til Salida. Can’t wait! I’m planning on adding in a bit of speed work over the next couple of weeks, and then a taper week before the first race of the season.