Week in Review
84 Miles
7 Runs | 0 days off | 1 lift day | 1 strides session
17.5M with 4 x 2.5M with .5M jog rest
12.5M Medium long Run
22M with last half faster on hilly
With less than three weeks until the Olympic Trials Marathon, I’m so grateful for the team of people who continue to help me along the way. Whether it’s been running together, lifting together or providing a quick massage or TheraGun session, I’ve been kept together in one piece, both emotionally and physically, thanks to my friends!
I kicked off the week with a pretty big workout on Wednesday with Jay - for 2 hours of running before the work day started. We did loops of the service road to complete 2.5M repeats in 5:50-6:00 pace. I’m really surprised at how my body has been able to handle this volume. Sure, I’ve been tired afterwards, but during the workouts my legs are able to handle the load.
On Saturday, both my running buddies and PDC teammates teamed up for a group long run on Los Gatos Creek Trail. For the first time ever, we went up to the reservoir, which meant we had to go up and down some really steep hills. I would find out later that those steep hills, combined with 6+ weeks at higher mileage, would create a perfect storm for a little niggle to pop up.
While this training block is certainly going better than ever, several hours after the long run, I stepped down a stair and my right, lateral knee was sore. Upon inspection, it was even a little swollen. I was certainly worried, but not overly so. I figured the steep downhill from the dam in Los Gatos probably just made my quads and IT tight, and I texted Jenna who reassured me. With some foam rolling and a day off, the swelling went away in less than 24 hours. But, my quads were definitely still tight and Jenna was able to perform some ART on me, which helped tremendously. In the meantime, I am waiting to determine my run schedule until I assess how the knee holds up in subsequent runs early next week.
Saturday’s Long Run Group