Rocky Raccoon 100 training week 20.
Well, this was certainly a dynamic week. I moved my Tuesday run to Monday, in anticipation of Tuesday's weather being terrible. And it was, and Austin shut down and I got to stay home from work. Yay! Then I did my Thursday run on Wednesday, just to give myself an extra recovery day before my big weekend. It was 18 for my Wednesday run. The coldest run I've ever done? Possibly. But I dressed appropriately, and it was fine.
Then came the weekend. And a warm front. Ugh.
For Saturday's run, Rogue was only offering up to 16 miles, so I had to get creative. I ran 7.5 miles from home down to Rogue (starting at 4:30am!). Refilled water at Rogue and grabbed a map, then did the Rogue 16 miler. Matt met me 4 miles in, and ran out to the end and then back to where he picked me up, so I got to have company for 8 miles! Then I ran the last 4 back to Rogue by myself, where Matt picked me up. Complicated, but I got my miles, got some company, had support for most of the run, and was pretty proud of myself. Then packet pickup for 3M the next day!
Saturday was mid 50s and stupidly humid. Sunday doubled down on that with 65 degrees and even stupider humidity. Race report for 3M here, but basically I managed to sanely just treat it as a long run, my legs felt fine, the weather was terrible, and I had company for most of the race! Exactly what I needed, and ended the week with my second highest volume of running, I think?
I was originally thinking that this weekend would be the first of my taper. It didn't work out that way, but I think I really needed this week, after my week of illness. The coughing is pretty much gone, all my runs felt solid and doable, and I feel like I'm in a really good place going into taper. I'm not saying that taper won't make me crazy, but.. if I'd gone into taper right after being sick, I would feel underprepared. I feel good about where I am. And I have my schedule all written out through Rocky.
So now I just need to stick to the plan for the next 2 weeks, and be conservative. And do a lot of planning. I have a google doc shared with my crew, figuring out what I need, what to have in each drop bag, what to have at the start/finish line, what I could possibly need for each contingency. It's a lot. It's a little overwhelming. But I'm trying to be as prepared as possible, without going completely overboard. It's a fairly satisfying exercise for a list-making over-planner.
Happy taper!
9+12+23+13=57
Then came the weekend. And a warm front. Ugh.
For Saturday's run, Rogue was only offering up to 16 miles, so I had to get creative. I ran 7.5 miles from home down to Rogue (starting at 4:30am!). Refilled water at Rogue and grabbed a map, then did the Rogue 16 miler. Matt met me 4 miles in, and ran out to the end and then back to where he picked me up, so I got to have company for 8 miles! Then I ran the last 4 back to Rogue by myself, where Matt picked me up. Complicated, but I got my miles, got some company, had support for most of the run, and was pretty proud of myself. Then packet pickup for 3M the next day!
Saturday was mid 50s and stupidly humid. Sunday doubled down on that with 65 degrees and even stupider humidity. Race report for 3M here, but basically I managed to sanely just treat it as a long run, my legs felt fine, the weather was terrible, and I had company for most of the race! Exactly what I needed, and ended the week with my second highest volume of running, I think?
I was originally thinking that this weekend would be the first of my taper. It didn't work out that way, but I think I really needed this week, after my week of illness. The coughing is pretty much gone, all my runs felt solid and doable, and I feel like I'm in a really good place going into taper. I'm not saying that taper won't make me crazy, but.. if I'd gone into taper right after being sick, I would feel underprepared. I feel good about where I am. And I have my schedule all written out through Rocky.
So now I just need to stick to the plan for the next 2 weeks, and be conservative. And do a lot of planning. I have a google doc shared with my crew, figuring out what I need, what to have in each drop bag, what to have at the start/finish line, what I could possibly need for each contingency. It's a lot. It's a little overwhelming. But I'm trying to be as prepared as possible, without going completely overboard. It's a fairly satisfying exercise for a list-making over-planner.
Happy taper!
9+12+23+13=57