I had a lot going on this weekend, both in life and in running. I didn't get a chance to post earlier because we spent a lot of time outside both at my parents house and at our house starting to do some things because it isn't freezing cold out. I have also really picked up the training, maybe motivated by the Boston Marathon on the 15, or maybe knowing that the family vacation is coming up. Either way there was two new routes over three runs in three days, plus a hike up Mt. Sugarloaf in South Deerfield Ma. I would say I god plenty of exercise.
Before I get into the routes let me address two questions/comments. First, I don't post on Facebook directly. I do, however, tweet my blog updates and my twitter account is connected to my Facebook account. So, if you have a comment to make on something that comes up on Facebook, please either comment here on this blog or get a twitter account. Commenting on this blog is honestly better.
Second, so there has been some questions and good natured ribbing on my playlist selections. As far as the ribbing is concerned, that's fine, at least I know people are reading! But, as I have said before to each their own. So I don't expect everyone to want to follow what I do, eat, listen to, etc. The reason so my musical selection are more based on pace. Alternative music is a slower pace, upped by Hard Rock and Electronic, and the fastest that I listed to is the dance or house music. Which is shown in the routes and pace I ran this weekend.
Saturday and today (Monday) were 10 mile runs (same route) that sandwiched a steep 4 mile jog. The Saturday run was an intentional 80% while listening to Alternative Endurance on Pandora. Breakfast was......Banana muffin 1 hour before running. The map can be found on my Maps section. The run was nice, a little cold as it was around 30 degrees. I felt good, my right leg was annoying but not hurting. Sunday was a slow paced incline up the map for Drummer Hill. It was a two dog run with no music, on again a 30 degree morning. Breakfast was a wheat english muffin with peanut butter and come cottage cheese. I probably ate about 45 minutes before heading out. Today I returned to the 10 mile rung (same as Saturday) while eating the same breakfast 2 hours before running, while also taking 600 milligrams of Ibuprofen. I went at 90% for this run listening to my iPod on Run1. It was s fantastic run and everything feels great this morning. If you want to know how my "splits" were between runs, I am on mapmyrun.com as tomrup815. You can follow my workouts there with my pace.
I really think I have done well with taking care of my sore leg with out compromising my training. I feel really good about how my body is responding right now and hope that it stays well through the next two weeks before the family vacation to Disney. I am going to be ramping up my workouts and frequency to get where I want to be, probably trying to hit 11.5 miles this weekend. I think if I can do all of that, I will be in a good spot as I decline into the half marathon.
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