Ok, getting a breather to catch up on this week... it’s been
a good one, by Wednesday night I’ve already hit 48 miles running and feeling
strong. Not too crazy as far as mileage
goes but it is combined with a pretty large amount of swimming, cycling and weight
lifting so far this week. Triathlons are
around the corner and while I don’t normally talk too much about my non-running
activities here I will plug them today as I feel I’m progressing pretty
well. I've got the continuous mile swim
down and right now sitting about 28 minutes at a fairly comfortable pace… it’s
a start and will keep working to improve that time. I’m getting more comfortable on my bike as
well, I recently purchased a Trek Madone 4.3 Road bike as I want to do a half
Ironman next year and my mountain bike was not cutting it anymore, I’m hoping the
weather warms up over the next few days so I can get it out a little bit more. Galena Tri is the first of my list this year
on May 17th and I’m looking forward to breaking up the weekend race
routine with a different kind of event… Ok, enough about tri’s, on to the running…
SUNDAY - 22.1
miles - Long Run with Bill, Shannon and
Scott
So Sunday was quite the run, I did a total of 22 miles which
was enough itself but to add to the challenge we ran in 45+ MPH wind gusts and
pouring rain… add in a few nice hills and it made for a pretty fun
morning. This was definitely a run I
will never forget as the wind was so strong it blew my had right off my head
and almost tipped me over twice. Despite
the less than ideal conditions I continue to feel more comfortable with every
20+ mile run and I’m not feeling the ache in the muscles anymore that I used to
at that distance. This is a good thing
as the month of May has 20+ mile long runs every weekend.
TUESDAY – 18.7 miles – Hill Run with DRC
Tuesday night started nice and easy but eventually we turned
up the heat… Scott and I had an easy 8 mile warm up around town which was
perfect as the combination of the race on Saturday and the long run Sunday had
my legs feeling a little sketchy. We ran
to UD and met the crew who decided to take a night off the track and run
hills. From there we did a 10 mile hill
route that included Loras, West Locust, University, Hill and Bryant streets… it
was an awesome run and I felt surprisingly fresh picking up the pace on the
hills. That being said I did make a
pretty big mistake by not drinking enough water that day… I felt great during
the run but minutes after crashed pretty hard, lucky for me it did not last
long and once I got some food and water in me I got back to normal quick.
(I hit 1,700 feet of elevation on this run which I believe
is a new
WEDNESDAY – 7.27 miles – Mine of Spain
Wednesday night was a nice relaxing run at the mines… I really
enjoy the Wednesday trail runs after work, I feel it sorta hits my internal “reset
button” which I need after the tough Tuesday night runs and long weekends. I just love running trails, I used to run 75%
of my mileage off road and am looking to get a large portion of miles out there
again this year. The soft surface of the
wet trails felt amazing and the cool air really hit the spot. A few miles in I crossed paths with Matt
Jasper and Jason Charley, they were doing an early run before their trail group
run at 6pm. It was a lot of fun chatting
and running with those two, especially nice to talk triathlons for a bit as I’ve
been training pretty hard for the upcoming “Tri Season”. I’m going to make a point to join a few of
their Wednesday night runs this spring and summer as I think it would be a
really good time.
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