Training log - Week ending 8/10/2025

This week was 55 miles of running and 8 "miles" of pool-running.

This was my second week at 50+ miles, and the fatigue really kicked in.  Not surprising - that's what happens when you drastically bump up the mileage and also do your first long run in months (last Sunday) and your first hill workout (this past Tuesday)in months....

I felt comfortable increasing my workload this aggressively because a) I have a history of high mileage and b) I'm not coming off of an injury.  Additionally, the upcoming week is going to be a cutback week because of personal obligations.

For the heck of it, I ran a report in my training log to see how my weekly volume has changed over the last few years. Here's my volume (essentially running+ pool-running) from 2020-2025. 

Clearly there's been a drop-off in recent years.  Some of that is because I'm slower now and so a 90 minute run equates to less miles than it used to.  But another factor is that I've added in a lot of other stuff - stretching, balance training, etc, and some of that has taken time away from my running. If I can find a way to keep those things (very important) while also bumping my volume up a bit, I think my running paces will improve.

Here's a second chart, showing weekly volume for the last 12 months:

The three really low weeks are a) when I got Covid at the end of 2024; b) the week after the Boston Marathon; and c) when I got heat stroke a few weeks back.

Looking at the second chart, it's obvious to me that my volume has been markedly low for much of the period from April/May until two weeks ago. Just more evidence that I have room to increase that mileage, and hopefully improve my running performances.

Dailies:

Monday: 8 "miles" of pool-running and yoga. Foam rolling in evening.

Tuesday: 8.5 miles, including 7 Iwo Jima hill repeats (each repeat is up a 500m hill at a 2-3% incline, 90 second jog, 200m downhill stride, and 50-second jog to the bottom.  Followed with leg strengthwork. Foam rolling at night.

Wednesday: 10 miles very easy (10:04) + 8x100m strides (25-27 seconds). Foam rolling in evening.

Thursday:  4.5 miles very easy (10:53) on trails in morning followed by plyometrics. Streaming Pilates and foam rolling in evening.  

Friday: 8.5 miles, including a 6400m tempo in 31:56 (8:10/8:02/7:54/7:50) plus 4x200m in 56-59 seconds each.  Followed with leg strengthwork. Foam rolling in the evening.

Saturday: 9 miles very easy (10:02) followed by upperbody weights/core.  Foam rolling at night.

Sunday: 14.5 miles easy to moderate (9:33 average; first mile 11:16, last mile 8:26).  Followed with leg strengthwork. Foam rolling at night.