This week was 60 miles of running, 1000 yards of swimming, and 18 "miles" of pool-running -- training log is here.
A lot of treadmill running this week so that I could watch the Olympics. I'll confess that I prioritized watching the equestrian events live and caught up on the running events later. Your first sport is always your favorite.
I got my colonoscopy results back and they didn't give any new information - still the same old ulcerative colitis diagnosis. I'm trying a new medication (Lialda) we'll see what difference that makes. In the past I've been on another version of this medication (Rowasa) and had some fatigue and weakness issues. However, that effect seemed to fade within a bit less than 24 hours after each dose (I could tell because at one point I took it every other day). I had to take the Rowasa at night, but can take the Lialda at any time. So I'm trying taking it right after my run each day, so that any side effects can fade away before my next run. So far so good.
In other news I mixed workouts up a bit this week - a friend wanted company for at least part of her marathon pace workout of 4, 3, 2, 1 miles at marathon pace. So I ran the 4 and 3 mile segments with her at a pace that ended up being between marathon and tempo effort for me. Not really effective for me as a marathon workout (the effort was too hard), but it was a good big aerobic session for me, and I got to help her out.
Because I ran a fairly big workout on Friday, I kept the weekend low key; instead of doing a Sunday long run, I just ran easy before doing some running mechanics work - basically a few hills with full recovery, and then drills and two strides on the track.
Monday: 5 miles easy on the treadmill (9:51), 6 "miles" of pool-running, and upper body weights/core. Foam rolling at night.
Tuesday: 12 miles, including a track workout of 2x1600, 2x800 and 2x400 in 6:38, 6:29, 3:04, 3:03, 88, and 86. 5 minutes recovery between and after the 1600s; 3 minutes recovery between the 800s, full recovery for the 400s. Followed with leg strengthwork and 500 yards recovery swimming. Foam rolling at night.
Wednesday: 10 miles easy on treadmill (9:53), followed by streaming yoga. Foam rolling at night.
Thursday: 12 "miles" of pool-running and upper body weights/core. Foam rolling at night.
Friday: 12.5 miles, including an extended tempo workout of 4 miles, 3 miles at somewhere between marathon and tempo effort. Splits were 29:08 (7:22/7:21/7:11/7:14) and 21:58 (7:26/7:20/7:12) with about 10 minutes jogging/water drinking in between. (Ran with a friend for part of her marathon pace workout). Followed with leg strengthwork and 500 yards recovery swimming. Foam rolling in evening.
Saturday: 10 miles easy on treadmill (9:47) and streaming yoga. Foam rolling in evening.
Sunday: 10.5 miles, mostly very easy (9:23) but with four 60-70 second hill repeats near the end, followed by drills and two strides. Injury prevention work and foam rolling in afternoon.
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