Whoa buddy! I got a tad behind on the race recaps and training log posts during the last 10+ weeks of the year. You win some, you lose some, but the good news is … if you are reading this post, we both lived to fight another day. My race schedule got derailed along the way, which was somewhat expected. I missed running the 15k, 10 mile and 4 mile races that I originally planned. I think there is still an opportunity to race those distances before the end of my fiscal year (08/10), but I don’t think that I really care one way or the other. Meh. I obviously love running and training, but racing is just not super high on the priority list at the moment.
This post is being made out of stubbornness, as I have documented (in some form or fashion) every week of training in 2024 and I need to finish what I started.
Week 41 (10/07 – 10/13)
- Mileage: 74 miles
- Strength: 75 minutes
- Cross Training: 45 minutes
- Quality Runs: 2
- 2 mile warm up, 2 X 1200, 2 X 400, 2 X 200, 2 mile cool down
- 3 mile warm up, Bras Across the Causeway 5k, 3 mile cool down
Week 42 (10/08 – 10/20)
- Mileage: 78 miles
- Strength: 105 minutes
- Cross Training: None
- Quality Runs: 2
- 2 mile warm up, 2 X 2k, 2 X 800, 2 X 2k, 2 mile cool down
- 60 minute warm up, 15 X 1:00 on/off, 30 minute cool down
Week 43 (10/21 – 10/27)
- Mileage: 74 miles
- Strength: 105 minutes
- Cross Training: 80 minutes
- Quality Runs: 2
- 2 mile warm up, 4 X 4:00, 2 mile cool down
- 1 mile warm up, Endless Mile 20 Mile Race (7:03 pace), 1 mile cool down
Week 44 (10/28 – 11/03)
- Mileage: 75 miles
- Strength: 45 minutes
- Cross Training: 50 minutes
- Quality Runs: 1
- 2 mile warm up, 10 X 1k w/ 1:00 recovery (6:06 pace), 2 mile cool down
Week 45 (11/04 – 11/10)
- Mileage: 65 miles
- Strength: 105 minutes
- Cross Training: 70 minutes
- Quality Runs: 2
- 2 mile warm up, 3 X 3k (6:08 pace), 2 X 500 (5:09 pace), 2 mile cool down
- 4 mile warm up, 18 X 200 (5:29 pace), 4 mile cool down
Week 46 (11/11 – 11/17)
- Mileage: 61 miles
- Strength: 0 minutes
- Cross Training: 85 minutes
- Quality Runs: 2
- 2 mile warm up, 4 X 3:00 (5:57 pace), 4 X 1:00 (5:36 pace), 2 mile cool down
- 2 mile warm up, Battleship 12k (6:03 pace), 2 mile cool down
Week 47 (11/18 – 11/24)
- Mileage: 51 miles
- Strength: 0 minutes
- Cross Training: 70 minutes
- Quality Runs: 0
Week 48 (11/25 – 12/01)
- Mileage: 73 miles
- Strength: 45 minutes
- Cross Training: 110 minutes
- Quality Runs: 0
Week 49 (12/02 – 12/08)
- Mileage: 59 miles
- Strength: 45 minutes
- Cross Training: 130 minutes
- Quality Runs: 1
- 2 mile warm up, 16 X 1:00 @ threshold (6:07 pace), 2 mile cool down
Week 50 (12/09 – 12/15)
- Mileage: 74 miles
- Strength: 45 minutes
- Cross Training: 130 minutes
- Quality Runs: 2
- 2 mile warm up, 6 X 800, 4 X 200, 2 mile cool down
- 2 mile warm up, 6 miles at marathon pace, 2 mile cool down
There you have it, folks! TBD if I can muster up another post in the next week or so to tie a bow on 2024!