Allan wrote:
As it stands if I look at my training log, I did 1:25 of jogging the week before (and including weekend of 100/100 start) and at 2:16 this week and I am pretty sure, I'll end up close to 3 hours this week because of this stupid challenge!!!! Dev, the past few months I think I've maxed out around 40 miles in a week and was over 60 the first week of this challenge.... so much for a gradual increase! Fortunately, I am not running them fast and I have 40 years of racing under my belt so it doesn't really feel like I'm overdoing things but the challenge does get you psyched up. Only 114 days until Boston so I need to embrace the run focus. As a nod to my advancing years and the wear and tear I've subjected my body to, I spent 2.5 hours on the trainer this morning and only ran for 47 minutes. This will be my strategy to avoid overdoing it on my weekend running.
I just verified my log and the last bunch of weeks were 50 min running, 20 min, 1:25, 1:00 and 2:36 so far this week and probably going to end up at 3:06 LOL). During the same period swim is 31K, 25.6K, 28.3K, 30.2K and 20.8K so the good news is that with the swim focus going on, there is only so much additional energy to give to running....so there is only so much I can overdo it. But I hear what you are saying about having all these years under the belt so its easy just to feel like it would be possible to ramp quickly.
Best of luck with Boston!