This week was 69 miles of running, 1500 yards of swimming and 10 "miles" of pool-running -- training log is here.
My mileage was a bit artificially inflated this week. Since my team is not holding workouts right now, I have a lot of flexibility to schedule workouts, so I've settled on a 15 day "training week" with a workout every 3 days. It gives me a little more recovery than the standard 2-3 workouts in 7 days.
This week was kinda meh. I'm doing good workouts for where I am fitness-wise. I just don't like where I am fitness-wise. And I feel a bit stuck in a plateau right now.
Of course, that raises the question of how to respond to being stuck- back off or stay the course?
Since I don't have any of my traditional warning signs of overtraining (insomnia, bloating), I'm going to stay the course for another week or two, and then re-evaluate.
Dailies
Monday: 12 miles on the track, including a workout of 2x1200, 2x800, 2x400, 4x200 in 4:41, 4:40, 3:07, 3:06, 90, 89, 43, 44, 43, 44. 400m recovery after the 1200s and 800s in 2:38-3:04; 200m recovery after the 400s and 200s in 90 seconds. Followed with leg strengthwork and 500 yards recovery swimming. Foam rolling at night.
Tuesday: 5 "miles" pool-running and streaming yoga in the morning; foam rolling at night.
Wednesday: 8 miles very easy (9:07), drills and 2 hill strides, upper body weights/core, then 4 treadmill miles very easy (8:49). Foam rolling at night.
Thursday: 12 miles on the treadmill, including a tempo workout of 4 miles in 26:10 (6:38/6:31/6:31/6:30). Followed with leg strengthwork, streaming yoga, and then 500 yards of recovery swimming. Foam rolling at night.
Friday: 5 "miles" of pool-running and streaming yoga in the morning. Foam rolling at night.
Saturday: 9 miles very easy (9:04), drills and four hill strides; upper body weights/core, and 3 miles very easy on treadmill (9:08). Foam rolling at night.
Sunday: 21 miles progressive, split as first 7 averaging 9:13, next 7 averaging 7:53, and the final 7 averaging 7:08. Followed with light injury prevention work and 500 yards recovery swimming. Foam rolling in afternoon.
Really strong week! I think that sometimes we just have those "meh" weeks for no real reason but then things turn around quickly. You are building up your fitness and I think by the time the marathon comes you will have made substantial gains!
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