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Saturday, May 30, 2015

Forty miles

Cool, I hit 40 miles last week (a good 2+ months after returning to running)!
But I did it messily. No plan. Just running and strengthening.

It might be time to ... get a plan?
Perhaps. Though carefully. I am quite aware that I'm running on borrowed time with TWO repaired hips.
And before a plan, a cut-back week. Because I just posted that rule myself! I've been feeling pretty good ok, my mileage increased steadily over the last few weeks, so it is time to cut back. Low miles and some cross training this week.
I'm predicting under 30 miles this week (I count my weeks starting Monday), then build back up: maybe 35 the week after, then back to 40. I don't really think I need to go much more than 40 right now, since I'm still feeling very post-surgical around the hip area. And I'm not a big mileage person, anyway.
How many miles do you average?

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8 comments:

  1. CarinaMay 30, 2015 at 1:49 PM

    That's awesome. I rarely get over 40 unless I have a plan.

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  2. AllisonMay 30, 2015 at 2:27 PM

    Nice!! I am still trying to figure out my "sweet spot" with mileage. Recently, Tuesday track and Friday tempo (often run too fast, turning it into a second track workout-bah!) resulted in this current hip injury at my goal mileage of 50 mpw. Sigh. If I am running all easy pace, however, then 50 mpw seems to do well for me. But then I don't see the race time improvements that I do with speed/tempo. Seems I'm always going back to the drawing board and trying to figure out what works after suffering frequent repetitive stress injuries.

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    1. GracieMay 30, 2015 at 2:57 PM

      For me, anything over one speed session a week injures me :(

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    2. AllisonMay 30, 2015 at 6:27 PM

      Yeah, I really should have known better than to do both of those track workouts each week. Lesson learned. Back to the track *once* a week when I am feeling better.

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  3. Jim ... 50after40May 30, 2015 at 2:47 PM

    Great job Grace, seems like things are coming right along! Are you training for a long race? I always need race prep to put in bulk miles, or else I'm not motivated to run them.

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    1. GracieMay 30, 2015 at 2:57 PM

      I have nothing on the schedule except a 4 mile bridge run next Saturday, which I'm running easy as a way to see the city. I think I need to build my base back up before any real racing. You lose so much running fitness so, so easily.

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  4. SupermomE13May 31, 2015 at 3:42 PM

    Yay Gracie!!! 40 miles is great. So glad you are back to running. :)

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  5. CharMay 31, 2015 at 4:51 PM

    You can do an awful lot on not very high mileage. And you last longer as a runner - or that's my theory anyway.

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