I’ve embarked on my 88 mile week. This is not the most I’ve ever done in a week. During the summer of 2012 and again during the summer of 2013, I ran 105 and 100 miles, respectively. I think the high mileage does get a little easier as I vividly remember my quads being really sore the first time I did this kind of mileage. However, it still takes a toll on the body. My legs have been pretty tired all day, and I even took over an hour long nap today.
Monday was a double day of 6 miles in the morning and 6 miles in the afternoon. We got about 8 inches of new snow on Saturday, so there was a lot of snow and slush to plod through during those two runs.
Today (Tuesday) was a 12 mile treadmill workout since the roads aren’t very good for doing speed workouts. I did 6 x 1 mile at 6:18 pace with 1 minute recovery. My legs didn’t feel great starting out, but thankfully I was able to power through all of them at that pace.
Cullen has been insisting on spending every waking moment outside in the snow these past two days. We have had a few other snowfalls this winter–although not much, but this is really the first snowfall where he has been able to walk and be a lot more mobile than he was during the others. It isn’t like he really does too much, but he loves walking around outside and carrying his dust pan around, which he uses as a shovel.
Cullen’s favorite word by far is ‘Sadie.’ He pretty much says it all day long.
Only a running mama would shovel a track in the yard. He couldn’t walk through the deeper snow, so I shoveled a path for him.–not that he even used it though. Still scooping the snow with his dust pan.
Today the skies were clear and the sun felt so warm. During the winter the sun isn’t high enough in the sky, so it isn’t very warming. I think spring is on its way here. . .now go away snow!
I also have to give a big shout-out to my athlete Cristina at her half-marathon PR at the NYC Half-marathon over the weekend. She ran a sub-1:27 time on tired marathon-training legs! I cannot wait for her to run Boston next month.
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