Training log - Week ending 12/1/2024

This week was 64 miles of running, 1500 yards of swimming, and 1 "mile" of pool-running -- training log is here.

I stuck with the new medication - Crexont - for most of this week.  But after an extremely frustrating long run on Friday where I simply had no power in my legs, I swapped back to Rytary to see if I felt better.  And I did.  Despite the fact that Saturday ushered in our first sub-freezing temps of the season, the cold bothered me much less than it had just a day before. And it also became clear to me during pilates, swimming, running, and lifting just how much more power my muscles have on Rytary.

So that's that, I guess. I'll see if my doctor wants me to try another strength of the Crexont, but at this point I'm inclined to stick with the Rytary through Houston in January and then take a second try at something new.

In the meantime, we're getting a surge of very cold, dry air over the next week, so I'll be doing many of my runs on the treadmill to let my lungs breathe air that's slightly warmer and not as dry (note how I avoided typing "moist").  I split today's run into two so that I could do a few miles on the treadmill to get a feel for it.  And it felt like coming back to an old friend.  Now I just need to get some good running music cued up.

I also started carefully adding pool-running back in with a single 10 minute "mile" on Saturday.  My obturator sadly did feel slightly achy after even that, so I think I will need to tread carefully here.

Monday:  4 miles very easy (10:04) and 4 miles very easy (9:54) (runs before and after meeting a friend for coffee); foam rolling in the evening.

Tuesday: 11 miles, including a track workout of 4800, 3200, 1600 in 22:27 (7:36/7:28/7:23), 14:44 (7:25/7:18), and 7:11, with recoveries of 5:08 and 5:11.  Followed with leg strength work.  Foam rolling in evening.

Wednesday: Streaming yoga and 7 miles very easy (10:48) on trails. Massage in evening.

Thursday: 11 miles very easy (10:08) plus two strides, plus some upperbody strengthwork.  Foam rolling after Thanksgiving dinner.

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Friday: 17 miles, including an attempted marathon effort workout of 2x5 miles in 39:06 (7:49) and 39:45 (7:57) with 9:19 jog in between.  Foam rolling in evening.

Saturday: Streaming pilates, 1500 yards of swimming, and 1 "mile" of pool-running. Foam rolling in evening.

Sunday: 5 miles very easy (9:40) on treadmill in the morning; 5 miles with a few relaxed 200s and 100s (53-55 seconds and 26-27 seconds) at midday.  Upper body weights/core and foam rolling in afternoon.