Monday 6/18 - 6 miles - I was pretty tired and feeling the relatively high mileage weekend today so I decided to do an easy 6 mile "recovery run" on the Seneca Trail from 355 to Watkins Mill Rd. Some random person pulled up behind me at one point and so I wasn't about to get passed which meant I picked it up big time for the last 2 miles or so.
Tuesday 6/19 - 11 miles - Nothing too special today. Ran on the Seneca Trail from 355 to Huntmaster Rd. and back.
Wednesday 6/20 - 11 miles - The distance here is approximate. I did a big baker park look for a warm up and cool down (~ 2 miles each loop), a 1 mile warm up on the track the Steeps, the 2 mile SDS race (11:51), and the 3x800m relay with two laps in the outer lanes in-between as well as three laps with Joe Basford in the outer lanes (he's trying to come back from plantar fasciitis.
Thursday 6/21 - 11 miles - The heat today was pretty excruciating, with a high somewhere around 97 and plenty of humidity to go with it. I was still able to get out and repeat Tuesday's workout and I felt pretty comfortable in the hot temperatures to boot, which means I must be acclimating well.
Friday 6/22 - 5 miles - I did the 5 mile Jefferson loop when I got back in town. I trip to Carrabba's was too hard to resist and I have some lingering training pains/soreness that I would like to give a chance to heal before a big weekend.
Saturday 6/23 - ~0 miles - Plan was for a double valley crossing today but it only took a half mile down the trail to realize that was not going to happen. What I thought was just some training pain/soreness yesterday was now some sort of full blown injury.
Sunday 6/24 - 0 miles - Pain felt pretty bad today, but I was able to diagnose it to some extent. It reminds me of when I nearly dislocated my shoulder when I fell on a trail run, but in my hip...
Monday 6/25 - 0 miles - Rest. Height of pain.
Tuesday 6/26 - 0 miles - Rest. Pain subsiding.
Wednesday 6/27 - 0 miles - Rest. Pain nearly gone (90%).
Thursday 6/28 - 5 miles - Ran with my roommate for my internship, so the first ~4 miles were pretty brisk for me and then I split off as he did a few more to run the last mile or so easily. Leg felt good other than the expected tightness from not having run.
Friday 6/29 - 5 miles - Ran the 5 mile Jefferson loop out through the Roundtree development. It was quite hot out but I felt pretty good the whole time. Just trying to stay relaxed and watch for any recurring pain, fortunately there was none.
Saturday 7/1 - 12 miles - Ran from Hamburg Rd. to the upper parking lot and back. I wanted to make this a bit of a time trial and I made it to the upper parking lot in about 1:08. I stopped to talk to some fellow runners for a few minutes on the way back and finished in 2:18 so in reality I negative split it despite the fact that I toned down the intensity once I realized I didn't have my climbing legs.
Sunday 7/2 - 11 miles - Ran to Fishing Creek Rd. and back from Hamburg Rd. Saw Steve Dobson and Tim Hugen around the time I got to Fishing Creek so I booked it from there to Dalauter to catch up to them. My climbing legs felt much better today. Did not run in the PM as I had to go grocery shopping on the way back to Gaithersburg and couldn't let them sit in the 100+ degree car...
Total: 33 miles
Overall not a bad week considering the time off. I have made myself take it easy to avoid a re-injury. Considering this lost training time I will have to modify my training plan and aim for less of a taper (one very easy week). I am still confident I will make it to the line in Gambrill the last weekend in July in relatively good fitness.
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