Training log - Week ending 6/22/2025

This week was 42 miles of running and 8 "miles" of pool-running.

Definitely a mixed week. The good was that I successfully did some 18 inch box jumps on Thursday (I've been working on that in PT, but Thursday was the first time I've successfully done them). Another good thing was that I had a fun trip to Boston to run the 10K (Race Report coming - I have a queue...).

The bad news is that I've continued to struggle in my running and my races, and Sunday's 10K was no exception.  The conditions were tough but not brutal, and I've run in much worse before, but on Sunday I just could not handle the heat and humidity.  I'm convinced that all my recent issues are indicative that my Parkinson's medication regime needs to be tweaked, including stopping one medication.  But I need to wait for the doctor's approval before doing that (I'm allowed to shift the timing of stuff, or to tweak amounts within a range, but I don't want to start or stop anything without approval).

I ended up in the med tent with heat stroke on Sunday (embarrassing, especially since I had commented on Saturday that I was from DC and thus at less risk from the heat, but I own it).  So next week is going to be more of a recovery week than I had previously planned.

Dailies:

Monday: 6 miles very easy (10:02).  Foam rolling in the evening.

Tuesday: 10 miles, with a track workout of 2400, 800, 1600, 800, and 2x200 in 12:02, 3:57, 7:43, 3:46, 55, and 54 plus leg strengthwork.  Foam rolling in the evening.

Wednesday: 6 miles with strides; foam rolling in the evening.

Thursday:  8 "miles" pool-running in the morning + upperbody weights/core; foam rolling in afternoo.

Friday: 6 miles with a fartlek of 1600 in 7:53, followed by some 300s, 200s, and 100s. Foam rolling in the evening.

Saturday: 5 mile shakeout (10:10) plus foam rolling.

Sunday: 3 mile warm-up, and then the Boston 10K in 58:38.