Monday, July 13, 2015

Finally put numbers into a training plan!

BIKE COMMUTE 10.4 miles, added a TG loop in the morning

Gorgeous morning, and knew it would be too hot to enjoy it in the afternoon, so I squeezed in a TG loop on the way to work. This could become a regular thing.

I've been drooling over the idea of another 100 this fall, specifically the OT in November. But my harried schedule and uncertainties have me questioning my ability to get 'enough' training in. Well, I can keep waiting to see what happens, or, I can just go out and run and hope for the best.

I'd like to sign up for the August 22nd race in IL, the Painful Elimination, love the name!, but I wonder if I might  be moving that weekend? The realtor says to budget 45 days to find and buy a new place, and PE is just over a month from now. So I should be OK to sign up for that. It's only $25, and I can make that work.

Today was the first time I looked at the training plan and was able to envision the numbers I'd need to ramp back up to mileage. I started by looking at TV's training plan, he mapped out goal mileage and long run distance to form a 2-line graph. And something just clicked for me!

I've been reviewing my numbers, here's my weekly mileage since the race: 110, 0, 11, 18.7, 18.5, 34.5. Kinda shocked me to see that it's only been that many weeks since the race, as it feels like months! Looking at what I've done so far, it's been a great recovery and the ramp up started out good last week. Can I do 40 this week? It would look like 4+6+7 and 15+9. I think so!


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