Rocky Raccoon 100 training week 14.
I feel like this was a tough week, but honestly that's probably mostly colored by my runs this weekend. I don't really remember my mid-week runs, other than the weather was good. I have a lot of long sleeved shirts in this week's laundry. That's a good thing.
But this weekend is really the part of the week I remember. A challenging race with a DNF on Saturday, and a 10 mile road run on Sunday that I really, really, really didn't want to do. I just couldn't drag myself out the door this morning. I did eventually get out there, and it was slow and tedious, but I was glad I did it, as I knew I would be. Then I celebrated with an insanely painful but intensely needed massage. Then Matt went and did the grocery shopping so I could do some chores and then rest a bit. I really couldn't do this training without his support.
I feel like I have the weeks of Christmas and New Years pretty meticulously planned out (at least the weekends), but I just realized I haven't even thought about this week that begins tomorrow. I guess I should sit down and plan that guy out tonight.
Oh, and unrelated to anything in particular, but relevant to my overall Rocky training, after my attempt to use Cliff Blocks at Wild Hare, and failure, I decided to try Honey Stinger blocks. A little smaller, a lot softer, but fewer calories per block. I shoved 6 of them into one of our tiny ziplocs and put that in with my Gus in my pack, and at The Circus I gave it a try. And it was a success! Much easier to eat then Cliff Blocks. It's 6 blocks instead of 3, but I can eat each one much, much faster, so overall I think it's faster. This will be my gummy food, I believe.
14 weeks down!
9+10+17+10=46
But this weekend is really the part of the week I remember. A challenging race with a DNF on Saturday, and a 10 mile road run on Sunday that I really, really, really didn't want to do. I just couldn't drag myself out the door this morning. I did eventually get out there, and it was slow and tedious, but I was glad I did it, as I knew I would be. Then I celebrated with an insanely painful but intensely needed massage. Then Matt went and did the grocery shopping so I could do some chores and then rest a bit. I really couldn't do this training without his support.
I feel like I have the weeks of Christmas and New Years pretty meticulously planned out (at least the weekends), but I just realized I haven't even thought about this week that begins tomorrow. I guess I should sit down and plan that guy out tonight.
Oh, and unrelated to anything in particular, but relevant to my overall Rocky training, after my attempt to use Cliff Blocks at Wild Hare, and failure, I decided to try Honey Stinger blocks. A little smaller, a lot softer, but fewer calories per block. I shoved 6 of them into one of our tiny ziplocs and put that in with my Gus in my pack, and at The Circus I gave it a try. And it was a success! Much easier to eat then Cliff Blocks. It's 6 blocks instead of 3, but I can eat each one much, much faster, so overall I think it's faster. This will be my gummy food, I believe.
14 weeks down!
9+10+17+10=46