For the first time in several weeks, I’ve actually met my 50 mile a week goal on Strava and got some real speed in the legs chasing segments.
I love looking at some of the local segments on Strava and using them as short speed workouts at maximum effort, it’s been encouraging to bag a couple of local ones at good speeds ranging from 5k pace to a third of a mile downhill blast at 3:39/mile and a new mile best (again, somewhat aided by gravity!) of 4:35 at the end of a tough 9 mile hill session on Sunday.
One of the things I definitely noticed running up my road on Sunday was that there’s a lot more strength in my legs going up longer climbs which bodes well for future races.
I definitely feel stronger for chasing these segments and they take some of the pain away from doing speed work.
The 04:50 start for the weekly long run was tough this time and to be honest, running 18.5 miles where the first 2 hours or so were in total p
2000 miles!
The other landmark I celebrated on Friday when I was out on a birthday run with Ally was that I passed the 2000 mile mark for the year! Amazin
- Monday – 7.9 miles
- Tuesday – 18.7 miles
- Wednesday – 6.4 miles
- Thursday – 7.2 miles
- Friday – 5.1 miles
- Saturday – Rest
- Sunday – 9 miles
Total: 54.2 miles, 5,200ft elevation