Weekly Training Wrap - 5/19 - 5/25

Eh, this was a so-so week. I wasn't sure what to say and I almost didn't post a training blog. Basically, I have been in this pattern of racing the past three weeks and I needed to cutback a little. Due to a weekend soccer tournament for my son, I did my long run on Friday. That resulted in me doing three long runs in 7 days for an aggregate of 87 miles and 11k in 7 days. Oops. I was feeling pretty tired on Saturday and Sunday and then again Monday from the long days at soccer fields.

As a result of the big miles and races, I haven't really done much "training" recently. However, the weekend races are all training runs of sorts with enough effort (not just long, slow distance) to sever a purpose. The midweek runs have become more maintenance runs and I've been using them to try and get some heat exposure as I expect that to be the one factor I am unprepared for on June 28th. With two weeks to go before cutback and taper begins, I am going to try and hit at least one key workout each week, not including my long runs. These runs will likely be more of the tempo and hill interval variety as I feel those are more specific to ultra running than track work.

Day	Miles	Notes
Monday	Off	Rest
Tuesday	5	Easy
Tuesday	4	Easy
Wednesday	8	Hill Repeats Strength Training
Thursday	8	The Bluffs
Friday	18	Deer Creek
Saturday	Off	Rest
Sunday	7	North Table Mountain
Total	51	About 7800 feet of vert