Monday, October 8, 2018

TEN 8 - 14 (56.3)

Monday 8

Week SIX of Las Vegas RnR half training.

Morning flow: Foot and ankle mobility, ankle strength. MR for hamstrings and calves

I went back to the doctor today and they gave me a cortisone injection. I hope this gets me back on the mend.

Gym Session ~20 minutes
Plank
KB DL #70 7 reps and Ski Erg 100m, 3 sets each
KB clean #25 reps 5 and Australian pull ups reps 8, 3 sets each
Calf stretch
BW hang 3 x 10s
Chair dips 3 x 12 reps

Greenway Ride

Third Creek to Calhoun's 12 miles. Sprint segment "tb downhill", this made my lungs hurt.

Nighttime flow: MR for hamstrings and calves

Tuesday 9

Morning flow: Foot and ankle mobility, ankle strength. MR for hamstrings and calves

The congestion and coughing persists.

Easy Six

LMLS and drills. Average pace 9:07. Best mile 8:55. Elevation 181. Feels like 82. Average HR 154. Zone 2 26% Zone 3 71%. I guess my illness and post race body has me up in zone 3 more than usual.

Nighttime flow: Foot mobility

Wednesday 10

Morning flow: Foot and ankle mobility, ankle strength. BW exercises: squat, backward lunge, bridge, side plank, mountain climbers, and superman.

I'm still hacking.

Gym Session ~20 minutes
BW exercises: squat, backward lunge, bridge, side plank, mountain climbers, and superman.
KB push up > row > clean > press 4 x 40s with 20s rest
KB push up > row > clean > press > squat 2 x 40s with 20s rest
KB kneeling halos #25 2 sets of 10
Assisted pull ups and dips #100 4 sets each 4-5 reps
Calf stretch

Thursday 11

Easy Six

LMLS and drills. Average pace 9:02. Best mile 8:50. Elevation 200. Feels like 72. Average HR 149. Zone 2 61% Zone 3 36%. Light stretching.

Nighttime flow: Foot mobility and MR for calves, quads, and hamstrings.

Friday 12

Less coughing last night!

Maintaining a Trail Runner - Key points
  1. turn the "walk of shame" into the "walk of intelligence"
  2. post-run LS and light stretching and walk 5 minutes every hour
  3. 5 minutes of foam roll every day
LMLS and drills. Average pace 8:31. Best mile 8:28. Elevation 121. Feels like 55. Average HR 143. Zone 2 97%. LS. Today's run focused on leaning into the run. Seemed faster.

Brick Ride

Easy peasy. 16 miles. Time 1:06:01. Average speed 14.5. Elevation 601. Average HR 120

Saturday 13

Not a good night. I didn't sleep great and had the night sweats. 

Long Run

12.2 miles. Time 1:48.16. Average pace 8:53. Best mile 8:33. Elevation 317. Feels like 54. Average HR 147. Zone 2 86%. Zone 3 12%. The second six was much better. My quads are sore.

Sunday 14

Recovery day.