First 50 mile week!
I finally hit my first 50 mile week running! I had been stuck typically between 25 and 35 MPW for the last 10 weeks or so. One time I managed to hit 40 MPW, but it was sandwiched between two 25 mile weeks. It seems like I’m fine aerobically, but my leg muscles tend to have a hard time recovering from a few days in a row. This past week I was in Philadelphia Monday through Friday. I ran 3 miles on the treadmill on Monday and then had some gym trouble and decided to venture outside to run (for the first time since I started traveling to Philly at the end of April). I ended up running to the Schuylkill River path behind the Art Museum, which is a pretty nice area. I ran 8.3,8.3, 10.4, 8.2 for Tues through Friday, took Saturday off, and then did a 13.4 mile run this morning on the Conewago trail near Elizabethtown for a grand total of 51 miles for the week.
I know I’m supposed to be increasing mileage no more than 10% per week, but my legs feel pretty good (besides a blister, I’ll take that over a sore hamstring any day). I’m definitely going to take it easier this week. I was also really happy with my long run, I finally did one longer than a half-marathon. I was bummed that I missed the HARRC speed workout on Tuesday, but since my next goal race is the Harrisburg Half-Marathon, I think mileage is more important than speed for the time being.
August 6th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
That rocks man. Those are pretty impressive numbers. I hope to get into some mileage like that next year. And that Conewago trail looks really inviting, I will have to hit that for one of my long runs in the coming weeks.
August 6th, 2007 at 6:37 pm
50 miles… eh? I’m in for my first 30 mile week next week. But, 50 is darn impressive.