Ironman Texas is two weeks away, and I am very pleased with my BarryP-style build; I'm just finishing my ninth straight 50 mile week, six days of running per week, every week. I've been targeting consistency above all else and have done exactly zero miles of speedwork.
My question is about how to bring it home for the next two weeks. Race week (week of 4/22) will be pretty straight forward: usual no running on Monday, travel Tuesday, then probably 2-4 miles Wednesday through Friday. But what about this coming week (week of 4/15)? Usually I would follow the conventional wisdom of reducing volume while keeping intensity, but since I've done no intensity, that won't really work.
So what would you do? Keep the six day per week frequency and drop from 50 miles to 30? Or 40? Or do another week of 50? I guess I could start some speedwork now, although that seems a little odd.
Any advice is appreciated, thanks.
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Any run that doesn't include pooping in someone's front yard is a win.
My question is about how to bring it home for the next two weeks. Race week (week of 4/22) will be pretty straight forward: usual no running on Monday, travel Tuesday, then probably 2-4 miles Wednesday through Friday. But what about this coming week (week of 4/15)? Usually I would follow the conventional wisdom of reducing volume while keeping intensity, but since I've done no intensity, that won't really work.
So what would you do? Keep the six day per week frequency and drop from 50 miles to 30? Or 40? Or do another week of 50? I guess I could start some speedwork now, although that seems a little odd.
Any advice is appreciated, thanks.
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Any run that doesn't include pooping in someone's front yard is a win.