A wrap up of week two training for an August 50K race
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Two weeks down, 15 to go! I'm training for a 50K race around Mount St. Helens the first weekend of August. Below is a recap of my second week of training. Links are at the end for an overview of the race and week one training.
Week Two
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😴 Start of the work week is a nice day to sleep in and recover.
🏃 I stayed up late Monday night at open gym playing volleyball. Not exactly a rest day, but it was fun 😀 Getting up early after staying up later than usual wasn't easy and I could feel it the first mile of the run getting warmed up. The good news was I took it easy as I was supposed to and felt good after getting the gears moving.
⚡ Short and to the point. I did a brief warmup and then ran 8 x 20 seconds all out with 20 seconds of rest between. The first two or three are a breeze, the back half always catches up with me and I'm sucking wind by the end. Feels good to get a quick high intensity run in.
🏃 Theme of the week, I had a busy day planned at work and cut the run a bit shorter than usual. I had only planned to run four miles when I went out the door, but I was enjoying a nice crisp morning and went a bit further 😉
🧘♂️ A good stretching and core workout followed by a short run to get the blood moving. I needed some extra time stretching this morning and spent more time loosening up and less time out running.
⛰️ Another beautiful Saturday for a long run. I ran a more difficult and road heavy path this week. I felt great the entire run, but dragged more throughout the rest of the day than I did last week.
☕ I was dragging today. After two miles I was able to get in a groove, but the first two weeks caught up to me.
On to Week Three
I ran two less miles overall this week, but did get close to half a mile longer, in a shorter time, on my long run Saturday. I'm am trying something new this training plan. I typically run three weeks of escalating training with the fourth week a recovery week. This cycle I'm going with two weeks of increased training and the third week a recovery week. Recovery weeks keep the same intensity, but a decrease to duration. After feeling so sluggish Sunday I am happy that next week will be a recovery week.