Merry Christmas everyone! It has been TOOOO long since I have blogged, so gonna catch folks up over the last 6 months. SO, I was working with homeless addicts up until the Illinois marathon when my program lost its funding. On a whim, I contacted HoneyMilk, a protein recovery drink, and long story short, they have been a Godsend! They have enabled me to run, train, and coach pretty much full time and I have been enjoying some amazing things and have met some amazing people along the way!
For those that do not know me, I began running last November as a way to deal with empty nesting. My only son went off to college and after 15 years of not racing, I decided to train for a marathon. (This was after dealing with a spinal/pelvic sacral fracture from an accident that ended my competitive career a LONG time ago, and neuropathy issues and facing losing my feet some 40 pounds and 7 years ago due to frostbite).
SO, over the last 6 months, I decided that I am probably more of a marathoner/ultra runner person (cuz I am not that fast anymore..)
SO, this week, I am planning to hit 100 miles (I actually hit 100 accidentally over the summer when I decided to run a Monday Marathon and then run an ultra on Saturday…) BUT, this is the first time I will have run 100 miles in a week that is planned out! Very excited…
To accomplish 100 miles safely (and sanely??), I am doing 2 a days for most of the week.
Today, my son had 200’s to do on the track, so I took a couple of my other athletes and modified it slightly so that we were running at 5kish pace. The track was pretty snowy, but lane3/4 was shoveled.
Did 5 x 4 x 200m then at 5kish pace with 1 min jog rest between intervals and 3 min jog rest between sets.
Was quite stiff from the last few days mileage (trying to hit about 14 a day!), so did not know what to expect out of this. Just wanted to stretch my legs a bit. My range was from 5:30’s to 6:10’s pace wise, so a bit all over the board until I was fully warmed up. Ran 8 miles this morning with this workout/warm up and cool down.
Later in the afternoon, grabbed the microspikes and headed to the Lair of the Bear for some climbing. Trails were really a mess, with little to no flat footing at all. The microspikes worked wonders and I was able to climb for 2.5 miles before heading back down. Finished mileage in the lower part of the park and hit another 8 total this afternoon.
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