I don't recall a pre-challenge, but I'd definitely be interested in one! I'm doing my first 50 miler in December.

Which 50 miler are you running in Dec? I am looking for some races in Dec and Jan to keep me motivated through Feb!

I finally found the post (See below for link). It was a Fall Running Challenge that ran from Sept 14- Nov 14. I guess we took a month off between that and the 100/100. So for those 9 weeks, the levels were:

• Platinum = 600K (~ 10 K per day)
  
• Gold = 500K (~ 8.5K per day)
• Silver = 400K (~ 7K per day)
• Bronze = 300k (~5K per day)

So if we run our challenge from Nov 1 to Dec 15 (45 days), using an adjusted scale of the above (I think I did the math right):

• Platinum = 450K (~ 10 K per day) (and for us "English" unit folks - ~279 miles / 6.2 miles per day)
  
• Gold = 382.5K (~ 8.5K per day) (~234 miles / 5.3 miles per day)
  
• Silver = 315K (~ 7K per day) (~196 miles / 4.35 per day)
  
• Bronze = 225k (~5K per day) (~140 miles / 3.1 per day)
  

Any comments/suggestions on these levels?


And thanks to Dev as this was his idea last year.

2009 Fall Running Thread:
http://forum.slowtwitch.com/..._reply;so=ASC;mh=25;

Cool - thx!!

I'm doing the NF Endurance 50 in San Francisco on Dec 4th. I'm pretty sure it's still open if you're interested :)

Those distances look good to me, and seems like a great time for a challenge. If I hit my plan 100%, I'll be at 309 by 12/15. However, I don't think I've ever hit my plan 100%, so aiming for Platinum still gives me some wiggle room.

Well it looks like it was just us but I would still love to continue with challenge. Maybe some others will join us. Since its just us, lets just keep this tread alive and we will report each Monday on progress. Work for you?

Sounds great! As you mentioned, maybe others will join and if not we'll just motivate each other :)

I'm in. I am trying to get back to running after some injuries/accident. I'm currently at 15 mpw and ready to step it up. I still have fractured ribs so I can only run slowly, which has been a blessing (I guess) because there's no possibility of upping the intensity yet, so the goal is to add more distance. I'll be shooting for the Bronze level :-)

WooHoo! A third challenge member! Thanks for joining.

and for you mens who are reading the thread, this is not a women's only challenge. Join us.

I'll bite. I ran 4.5 miles this morning. My legs were really tight so I stopped and spent the rest of the time I had to work out foam rolling and stretching.

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Yay for two more! :)

Here's hoping to getting November off to a good start. I'll be doing my run this afternoon & will report back later :)

M - 4.5
T - 6.5
W - 6

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Great.....I would love to track my runs as it can keep me going on some longer ones thru the winter.
M: 5.5
T: 5
W: no run

Some gals I run with decided to do a core strength and upper body strength challenge for November/December.
Push ups, crunches (other situp type abs), bench dips all the fun ones we all love to do = 100 min a week.

Nice start to the challenge everyone!

My numbers so far:
Mon - 6
Tues - 11
Wed - will do 8 tonight

I'm in for as long as I can do it and not feel competitive with people. As soon as I start adjusting my mileage because I feel like I'm not running enough I tend to get hurt ;-) so I reserve the right to bail at any time.

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Tigerchik - understood!

We've all got different goals. I'm building for an ultra, that's the only reason mine are high.

M - 4.5
T - 6.5
W - 6
T - 5.87

I did my third swim of the week this morning; quite happy about that.

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Me too! I will be pushing it to reach the Bronze level. I am doing good this week so far:

Mon: Bike 24 miles, Run 2 miles
Tue: Run 4 miles
Weds: Run 5.25 miles
Thurs: Bike 1 hour trainer

Hoping to hit 20 miles for the week with a long run of 6 miles, but will see how the body is doing.

Got my fourth swim of the week in too:D

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Tough week for me! 2 sick kids = missed run on Wed and probably today also. Oh well, rolling with it....

4.25 yesterday, with a tiny (really tiny!) bit of 'speed' work mixed in

M - 4.5
T - 6.5
W - 6
T - 5.87
F - 8.5
S - 6.1

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Well, friends have been pushing the milage in the mornings and I am glad to just tag along:
Thurs.: 5.5miles
Fri.: 6.5 miles (tho this made me almost late for work - but it was so fun)
Sat.: 8 hours worth of driving but nothing much else

JenHS - glad to hear your Javelina recovery is going well! = )

This was my biggest run week and longest long run since the 1st week of June. 21.35 miles total (1.8mi/4mi/5.25/4mi/6.3mi). Not very impressive numbers but I am happy.

M - 4.5
T - 6.5
W - 6
T - 5.87
F - 8.5
S-6.1
S-6.8

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8 miles this morning in 62:13. 45 min yoga after. Both felt good.

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I love having daily posts but every Monday, lets have everyone in the challenge post a summary table of the week prior. Something to the effect of:

Total Miles last week: 48 (broken down as Tues-5.5, Wed-10, Thurs-5, Sat-10.5, Sun-17. I also got in 1 swim)
Total Miles Total in Challenge: 48

How did everyone's last week go?

Total Miles last week: 45.5
Total Miles Total in Challenge: 45.5

Also got in 7400 yds swimming, an hour cycling, and 3 hrs of yoga

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Last week:
M - 6
T - 11
Th - 4.25
Su - 22.7

Total 43.9
Total miles in Challenge - 43.9

Missed a couple of runs due to sick kiddos :( Hoping for a better week this week.

I guess I didn't post my Tuesday run! 6.3 miles yesterday and swam 3500 yds. No run today (swam 3000 yds)

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Th - 5.5 ish

Veteran's Day 5k today.

2+ w/u
5k - 21:45 I think
short c/d

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M - 4.5
T - 6.5
W -6
T - 5.87
F - 8.5
S - 6.1
S- 6.8
Week 1 total 45.5 mi

M - 8
T - 6.3
W - off
T - RACE (5k in 21:45; 5.5 mi total)
F - 6

6 this morning in 45:42 + 50:00 yoga

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M - 4.5
T - 6.5
W -6
T - 5.87
F - 8.5
S - 6.1
S- 6.8
Week 1 total 45.5 mi

M - 8
T - 6.3
W - off
T - RACE (5k in 21:45; 5.5 mi total)
F - 6
S - 7

7 miles this morning; 55 min.

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Week 1:
M-1.8mi
Tu-4mi
W-5.25
Th-Bike
F- 4mi
Sa-6.3mi
Su-Bike
Total: 21.35

Week 2:
M-4 mi, Bike
Tu- Off
W- 5.3 mi
Th- swim, bike
F-swim, bike
Sa-7.5 mi
Su- Bike
Total: 16.8

I am a bit behind but very happy to be running again :-)

M - 4.5
T - 6.5
W -6
T - 5.87
F - 8.5
S - 6.1
S- 6.8
Week total 45.5 mi

M - 8
T - 6.3
W - off
T - RACE (5k in 21:45; 5.5 mi total)
F - 6
S - 7
S - 8

This morning: 8 in 63:14

Week total 40.8 mi

Challenge total 86.3 mi

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Looks like some folks have already done their 2 week check-in. Great running all!

Here are my stats:
Total Miles last week: 63 (broken down as Tues-6, Wed-10, Thurs-5, Sat-31, Sun-11. I also got in 1 swim)
Total Miles Total in Challenge: 111

How are the rest of you all doing?

training for an ultra with the 31 or was that an ultra race?

6.5 miles this morning, easy 55 min or so. 35 min yoga.

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Totally blown week :( My long run from the Sunday before was on TOUGH trails, and I was still super sore on the following Friday!! So had to dial it way back this week. Trying not to be nervous with my ultra only 3 weeks out...(okay, 2 weeks and 5 days, but who's counting)

Here's how this week's mileage broke out:

Th - 3 (yes, I could not run again until Thurs, just walking was painful)
F - 4.25
S - 15.25
S - 5

Total for this week: 27.5
Total miles in the challenge: 71.4

A couple of spinning classes were also throw in there in a early part of the week to try & actively recover, but not sure if they did any good :\

Goal for this week - getting my legs back to 100%. The soreness is gone, but I have a serious case of lead legs.

M - 6.5 in 55 min
T - 4.1 in 35 min
W - 8.5 in 67 min

Also swam 2000 yesterday and 1300 this morning.

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M - 6.5 in 55 min
T - 4.1 in 35 min
W - 8.5 in 67 min
T - 9.8 in 82 min

Also swam 1800 yds this AM.

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M - 6.5 in 55 min
T - 4.1 in 35 min
W - 8.5 in 67 min
T - 9.8 in 82 min
F - 7 mi in 57 min

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M - 4.5
T - 6.5
W -6
T - 5.87
F - 8.5
S - 6.1
S- 6.8
Week total 45.5 mi

M - 8
T - 6.3
W - off
T - RACE (5k in 21:45; 5.5 mi total)
F - 6
S - 7
S - 8
Week total 40.8 mi

M - 6.5
T - 4.1
W - 8.5
T - 9.8
F - 7
S - off
S - 8.3

Week total 45.2 mi



Challenge total 131.5 mi

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So this week didn't go as I had thought it would. The coach cut back my mileage so I listened to her despite wanting to run long on Sunday at a FatAss 50K my ultra club organized. I am sure she has it all planned out and the rest was needed so I listened.

Here are my stats:
Total Miles last week: 42 (broken down as Tues-6, Wed-7, Thurs-5, Sat-12, Sun-12)
Total Miles Total in Challenge: 153

I am ready to log some serious mileage this week but haven't gotten a full plan for this week from the coach so we shall see. But with the long weekend - trails here I come! Hope everyone had a great week 3!!

I ran 5.1 miles this morning and taught yoga for 45 min.

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Week 1: Total: 21.35

Week 2: Total: 16.8

Week 3: Total 18.8 (mon 4.9, wed 7.2, Sat 6.2)
Made it to track for the first time since spring. Good time!

Total so far: 56.95

Now that I've gotten over my gumpies I'll play. To get caught up, the last 3 weeks.

27
30
29
Total: 86

You can follow me on Daily Mile too: http://www.dailymile.com/people/ultragrrl

I am doing the Seattle Half Marathon on Sunday and would like to maintain my mileage at 30ish this week then ramp it up to maintaining at 40 thru December. My first scheduled race is a 50k in April and I'm trying to restrain myself from signing up for a ton of stuff between now and then. If I can do 40/week thru Dec then I'll be ready for my coaching schedules to start up again in January.

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"In order to keep a true perspective on one's importance, everyone should have a dog that worships him and a cat that will ignore him." - Dereke Bruce

Glad to have you join us! Keep me posted on your 2011 race schedule. I would love to head your way and experience some new trails!!

M - 5.1
T - 6.2

Really easy run this morning; 56 minutes. I am so tired.

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last week:
17.65 (broken down as Tues 5.5, Sun 12.1)

Total for challenge: 89.05

M - 5.1
T - 6.2
W - 6

Also 60 min cycling and 45 min yoga today.

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M - 5.1
T - 6.2
W - 6
T - 9

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M - 5.1
T - 6.2
W - 6
T - 9
F - 5

Also swam 2600 yds.

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Saturday

no run today; walked 4 miles

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M - 5.1
T - 6.2
W - 6
T - 9
F - 5
S - off
S - 6.2

Week total: 37.5 mi
Challenge total: 169 miles

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I had a big running week (for me). I also did a lot of biking and some swimming. I am tired!

This week: 29.05 miles (Tue 6.4, Thur 9, Fri 2, Sat 11.75)
Total so far: 86 miles

Decent week for me.

28 miles.

Tues - 4
Wed - 4
Thursday - 5
Friday - 2
Sunday - 13.1
Total for challenge: 114

I'm having a flare-up of plantar faciitis so I'm going to take the next week off by order of coach and work thru that. It usually clears up pretty quickly for me with treatment.

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Monday Nov. 29: 7.4 miles (workout)

3 w/u with 0.6 in pickups @ 7:14
3.1 (22:16)
1.3 c/d

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M - 7.4
T - 7.4

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Horrible week for me. Well actually all went well until Saturday. I registered last minute on Wednesday for a 6 hour run. All day Friday I felt horrible. Just sluggish and off. I headed to the run on Saturday and didn't feel much better. I was hoping that once I started moving, it would get better. It didn't. I made it 13 miles and called it a day. It was horrible. My legs felt great but my body didn't. When I managed to run I was able to run 9-9:15 min miles but I was nauseous, dizzy, fluctuating between hot and cold. The deal closer was when I couldn't keep down any food and gagged on some fig newtons. I have never ever not finished a race before so this was hard to take. I still feel horrible about it. I feel like I just gave up. I wish I had some ailment to blame it on. Feeling crappy just doesn't seem like a good enough excuse. (yes i may be crazy).

My coach is trying to convince me that this is my body's way of telling me I need rest so we are resting this week. I am running the Tecumseh Trail Marathon on Saturday and she wants very little running between now and then. Walking is fine but she wants me to rest. She is worried that I may be reaching my "peak" to early and we need that to happen in Feb for Rocky and not in late November/early December. So my goal is a couple of 3 mile walks and to run a smart race. I have a 50K (well actually 35 miler for my birthday on Dec 18) so this won't be an all out effort. I am looking to finish somewhere near my time from last year and considering I am in way better run shape this year, that should be easy. We will see soon enough.

Here are my stats:
Total Miles last week: 35 (broken down as Tues-7, Wed-5, Thurs-10 (8K race in there), Sat-13)
Total Miles Total in Challenge: 188

Hope everyone is having a great week and sorry for the whiny post!

Do you think you have a flu or cold?


From the perspective of a non-ultra runner, I'd note that if you were also a non-ultra runner you'd be tapering this week anyway. Perhaps resting will be easier if you keep that in mind - for everyone but an ultra runner, resting this week would be pretty normal.

Have an awesome race on Saturday!

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Sorry to hear you're not feeling so well!! Yuck! Had my own run in with a stomach bug last week. Really bad for about 12 hours, but then felt better. Almost didn't make Thanksgiving.

Skipped some runs b/c of it and some taper anxiety - when I get nervous I get totally overwhelmed & skip workouts rather than doing the opposite & hitting the training hard. Yes, it's stupid & counterproductive *sigh* Trying to get over that this year & stay accountable, even if the numbers aren't anything I'm proud of :)

Miles for the week 11.2 as
T: 5
Th: 6.2

Total for challenge: 82.6

Looks like I'm going to be aiming for Silver, rather than Platinum like I'd hoped...Still glad we're doing the challenge!!

Elsa, "they" always say "better undertrained than overtrained" so maybe you're better off skipping workouts than you would be if you did the opposite and trained hard.

I ran 4 miles this morning and lifted.

M - 7.4
T - 7.4
W - 4

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M - 7.4
T - 7.4
W - 4
T - 8.1

Also swam 1200 yds

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M - 7.4
T - 7.4
W - 4
T - 8.1
F - 7.9

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M - 7.4
T - 7.4
W - 4
T - 8.1
F - 7.9
S - 7.5

7.5 in ~56 min this morning. allegro

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This week I ran 21.1 miles (Tues 6 miles at track, thursday 5 miles and Saturday 10.1 mile trail run)

Total so far: 107.1

M - 7.4
T - 7.4
W - 4
T - 8.1
F - 7.9
S - 7.5
S - off

Walked 3 miles and did 50 min of cycling this morning.

Week total: 42.3 mi
Challenge total: 211.3 mi

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One week to go!!

So last week was only a few short run/walks and the Tecumseh Trail Marathon on Saturday. The marathon went about as well as planned, I guess. The race is a point to point and we take buses to the start. We got about 4-6 inches of snow the night before and the bus drivers refused to drive. We ended up having to all drive ourselves to the finish, cram into parking spots (at a campsite covered in snow) and the course was changed to an out and back. Close to 600 people on a single track out and back is a tight fit. My plan was to aim for the same time as last year given this was a training run and not a race. I was about 15 minutes off of that (slow) but given the snow, the having to move off the trail to make room for the passing runners, the mud, stopping at every aid station, and a long bathroom break, I'll call it a wash. I will admit I never really felt good during the run. A ton of that was likely due to nutrition but some of it is that I lost my drive. While I am not fast, I am usually a bit competitive with myself and after about mile 15, refuse to let anyone pass me without an attempt to pass them back. But this year, I was like - bye, have fun, I'll see you when I finish. I think that I set a time goal in my head and when I realized I could likely stop and sit down for a while and still make it, I just gave up. I need to find my mental game or this is going to be a long build to February for me (1st 100 attempt at Rocky Raccoon).

Here are my stats:
Total Miles last week: 32 (broken down as Wed-3, Thurs-3, Sat-26.2)
Total Miles Total in Challenge: 220

Looks like I'll make gold but likely not platinum. I would need a 60 mile week to reach platinum and I don't foresee that happening.

Hope all is well with the rest of you all!! Elsa- How did NF go???
-dd

6 miles + yoga this morning.

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Although a bit late, better late than never here's my totals since 11/1/10:
11/2 5 mile run
11/5 8 mile run
11/7 4 mile run Total: 17 miles week 1

11/9 5 mile run
11/11 9 mile run
11/14 3.5 mile run Total 17.5 miles week 2, Total for challenge 34.5 miles

11/16 5 mile run
11/18 2.5 mile run
11/20 9 mile run Total 16.5 miles week 3, Total for challenge 55 miles

11/22 4 mile run
11/25 5 mile run
11/26 3 mile run
11/28 10 mile run Total 22 miles week 4, Total for challenge 77 miles

11/30 4 mile run
12/2 5 mile run
12/3 3 mile run
12/4 2 mile run
12/5 10 mile run Total 24 miles week 5, Total for challenge 101 miles

Ultimately to do a 1/2 marathon in Jan 2011 in Salem, OR and full Marathon in May 2011 in CDA, ID

Addendum: 12/7 Run 2 miles
12/8 Run 5 miles
12/9 Run 3 miles
12/11 Run 3 miles
12/12 Run 11 miles
12/14 Run 3 miles
12/15 Run 5 miles

Total for challenge was only 131 miles, no medal but still training hard when I can.

M - 6
T - 6.5

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M - 6
T - 6.5
W - 7

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M - 6
T - 6.5
W - 7
T - 3.2

+ 50 min kickboxing + 65 min yoga

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M - 6
T - 6.5
W - 7
T - 3.2
F - 6
S - 8

Yesterday: 6 mi run (47:50), 1200 yd swim
Today: 8 mi run (60:58) + 1200 yd swim

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We have 3 more days in the challenge for those final miles!!

I had another rest week from running. I did have a couple of runs but we focused on more rest and cross training. This weekend is my birthday run (35 miles for my 35th) and I am so lookling forward to it. I guess the rest has done me well since I am anxious to get running again!!

Total Miles last week: 18 (broken down as Tues-6, Thurs-6, Sat-6)
Total Miles Total in Challenge: 238

So looks like I will finish with gold as I need 41 miles in the next 3 days to make platinum and I don't think that will be smart with a 50K+ race on Saturday!!

How is everyone else doing?

I've got 2 weeks to report after being on the road all last week, but not that spectacular in terms of running...

Two weeks ago:
44.5 as T- 3, W -3, Sat - 38.5

Last week (recovery):
F - 2.5

Total miles in challenge - 129.6

Looks like I'm finishing in Bronze, since I'm not planning to run 60-some miles in the next 3 days...

My 'race report' (aka, why Saturday was only 38.5 miles) - Attempted the North Face Endurance Challenge 50 miler, but missed the second time cutoff. I felt great and was going strong, just a little too slow. And only a half marathon from the finish!! (it was actually 51.2 miles) I originally handed in my bib at the 37.3 mile aid station and continued on for about another 1/2 mile, but realized I had no way to contact my family, who would likely be told I had missed the cutoff & assumed shuttled to the finish. So I turned around and came back, for a grand total of 38.5 miles. It was a really tough course. I'm from Colorado and trained on mountain bike trails and the NF50 trails were definitely more challenging than I was expecting, but I felt trained and ready for the elevation gain/loss. Plus it rained on us & the trails were very muddy and slippery. Not trying to make excuses...really.

It was definitely heartbreaking to 'have' to stop. Like I mentioned, I felt strong and have no doubt I physically could have finished. Just need to work on the speed aspect. I'm pretty slow by Slowtwitch standards (4:30ish marathon). I really want to go back and finish, but it will have to wait until 2012 b/c my 2011 training/race travel budget is totally full with 2 ironman races on the schedule.

S - walked 2 miles, did yoga

week total: 36.7 mi
challenge total:211.3 + 36.7 = 258 mi

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maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD

M - 5.3
T - 5 mi AM

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maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD

M - 5.3
T - 5 mi AM // 3 mi PM

Faster run this afternoon; 45 min easy this AM and 22 min this afternoon for the 3.

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maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD

I finished with 129.35 total miles, didnt make the bronze but I knew it would be a challenge. I did a trail race last saturday that kicked my butt and didnt get in any running at all yet this week. Fun to try though :-)

today

run: 8.7 mi w/ 4 x 400 @ 7:00 pace and incline 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5%. 400 recoveries; walked the first part of each. I really liked that I got to walk a bit in the middle of a run, hee hee hee.
swim: 2100 scy

so
M - 5.3
T - 5 / 3
W - 8.7

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maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD