Week 7 Recap

When first recording the song The Distance I doubt the band Cake realized the level of empowerment it can instill in an endurance athlete such as myself. I ran a new PR of 16 miles on Sunday and was driven by the continual thought, "he's going the distance." With two partially swollen knees and a stiff groin from Saturday's soccer game/mud bowl, I almost stayed home to heal knowing I had MLK Day off of work. Instead I braved the small injuries, 27 degree weather, and a fresh snow covering to get the long run in as planned. I'm glad I did because the 13 miles of Yorktown Battlefields I ran on were beautifully glistening in the sun all afternoon. This kept my thoughts entertained with something other than the fatigue welling in my legs.

The rest of Week 7 was rather uneventful. I skipped my 5 x hill workout and replaced it with 4 x Yasso 800s due to daylight issues. I like speed work. Also, I did manage to hop on the fluid trainer for a total of 40 sad minutes. I've got to start somewhere, right?

Total volume for this week: Swim - 6200 yards, Bike - 10.2 miles, Run - 37 miles, all in roughly 8 hours.