(Titles in English are not cool enough)
Since my last post -
Spring has occurred in Minnesota. It's 75 degrees outside right now. That's 33 above the average and the fifth day in a row we have broken a high temp record.
If living in super-conservative areas has taught me anything...I have to thank Al Gore and his global warming for this.
Despite the weather being great, I had a less than awesome week of training last week. I'm sure I know why, but I won't completely admit I was wrong. I am a man.
So,
from 3/5-3/12 I ran 157 miles. Some people do this all the time. Most people don't do it in only 9 runs. Not because they can't, but probably because they know they shouldn't. I really wanted to do some nasty mileage, but I hate running solid runs twice a day. I decided I could handle running a minimum of 20 miles every morning. And really, the week went fine. I was tired and sore, but I fear these things not!
Unfortunately the next week made up for it. I stayed tired and my legs were twitchy. I couldn't sleep. Both of my achilles tendons started to hurt pretty badly on Tuesday while I struggled through a workout. I finally made a rational decision to chill out a little and worry more about being sane and healthy than having a high weekly mileage total.
I wish I understood the psychosis of mileage hoarding. Perhaps it's a way of being competitive when you can't actually race everyone. At least I know I ran more than most people, so I'm still better than them at something. For some reason, when you're in the grasp of the miles, you don't realize how stupid this is. Luckily, I managed to get a little banged up without suffering a major injury and was forced to reset back to reality. Is this how drug addiction works?
So now I'm focusing on reminding my legs how to go fast. That's my goal in the next few months, so I need to put all that aerobic work into a speedier workout regimen and do something fast. I think the mileage experiment has given me some insight into my own reasonable limits, as well as a huge aerobic tank from which to draw in the future. Though down the road I will go about it differently. It's about learning. Knowledge is power or something.
