Training log - week ending 11/1/2026

This week was 37 miles of running, 12 "miles" of pool-running, 1 hour hiking, and 1000 yards of swimming.

Things started off with a whimper when I woke up exhausted on Monday morning.  This was after discovering that the friend that Brian and I hung out with on Friday night for a few hours tested positive for the flu on Sunday.  

I was really concerned that I was coming down with the flu also, so I called in sick at work, threw down a bunch of fluids, and went back to bed.  A few hours later I felt better, so I went for a short hike (really just a walk in the woods) plus some living room yoga to keep me loosened up.  

I felt fine when I woke up on Tuesday and continued to feel fine for the rest of the week. So, I'm not sure whether I was just overthinking things or if I managed to nip getting sick in the bud by resting at just the right time. 

Either way, I'm very happy to have not gotten the flu.

I have the Boston Half next week, which is a hilly course, so I went to Iwo Jima (the Marine Corps Memorial) on Wednesday to do some hill repeats.  I felt very awkward on the first, but smooth by the end.  Hill running (like anything relating to my gait) is something that I forget how to do when I haven't done it in a while. Fortunately, I seem to have relearned it pretty quickly. We'll find out next Sunday.

My other workout was on Saturday - treadmill tempo intervals. I felt slightly silly running on the treadmill on a day with (possibly) the best running weather of 2026. But I really seem to benefit more when I do some of my workouts - especially those with fairly short recoveries - on the treadmill, so I stuck with that plan.

I was pretty happy with the workout itself. The tempo intervals were slightly slower than they were before my marathon, but that's part of the deal when you taper, race a marathon, and recover.  I felt like it was a good starting point for this fall.

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Monday: 1 hour hiking midday; yoga in afternoon; foam rolling at night.

Tuesday: 6.5 miles on the track, mostly very easy (9:52), but with some 30m strides and PT exercises, followed by 500 yards of swimming in the morning.  Foam rolling at night.

Wednesday: 8.5 miles with 8 Iwo Jima hills (500m up a 2-3% incline, 90-100 second jog, 200m downhill stride, 40-50 seconds jog to bottom) plus leg strengthwork in the morning. Foam rolling in the evening.

Thursday: 6 miles very easy (9:50) with 2 strides in the morning; upperbody weights/core in the afternoon; foam rolling at night.

Friday: 6 miles very easy on trails (11:10) followed by PT exercises in the morning. Yoga and foam rolling in the evening.

Saturday: 10 miles on the treadmill, including a workout of 7x5:00/1:00 + 6x0:30/1:30.  The 5:00 intervals were at 8.1 mph (7:24 pace) and the 30 second intervals were at 9.2 mph (6:31 pace),  All jogs were at 6.2 mph (9:41 pace).  Followed with leg strengthwork. foam rolling at night.

Sunday: 9 "miles" of pool-running (with one friend at one pool), a stretch break, and then 3 "miles" of pool-running (with another friend at a different pool) plus 500 yards swimming.