110 days to the MCM. (I may be off and need to recalculate)
Training:
Well Dad if we are not on the same training program yet, at least we are thinking alike!
1) 10 Mile LSD
1:38.00 Trail hills* (with about 2.5 miles of road in the middle).
9:00 am start, Hot and humid (and yes I got dehydrated and the last couple of miles were a bear)
* A note on hills around here, there is no such thing as a flat run if i start at my house.
* Another note on hills, I have discovered that i live on the top of a mountain. Even if a run feels like it is just rolling hills on the way out, it is always generally down, down, down (you get the point) which makes every run back up, up, up.
I felt great! I think that I am over whatever it was I had.
$$$$$Here is a trick on an LSD when you have to run by yourself; Run a "modified out and back". Regular out and back can be so tough because you spend the entire time coming back seeing the same things and you know how far you have left, what hills are coming up, etc. The "modified" part is to deviate, at some point, on the way back and come back by a slightly different rout. It is like doing a loop for a long run, with new scenery almost the whole way, without having to map out a 10 or 15 mile loop, which can be hard to find.
2) Walked 18 holes of golf int he heat (and shot 81 by the way with 3 birdies and 5 pars thank you very much)
Nutrition:
Brunch - cereal and recover shake, with strawberries (good addition)
Linner - steak on the grill with grilled onion and steamed broccoli & carrots. strawberry shortcake and 4 beers.
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Uphill at the end of a long run is the pits! Although the MCM is slightly uphill at the end so the uphill experience should be beneficial. Have you read my Striders schedule? And how about 1-2 glasses of wine with that steak? A good cab or malbec?
Sounds like an awesome day! I know what you mean about the hills from how sore my calves were after our multiple runs around Thanksgiving last year.
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