Bye Bye July...
A little review of July:
Total miles: 158.8 - my most since I came back to running 13 months ago. That's 21% more than June (which had been a 30% up-tick from May). However, there were also a few cross-training days in the month, too. It's a decent number - certainly more than some of the blogs I read and certainly way less than other blogs I read.
Three runs of 12 miles or more. That's definitely the highlight of the month as I move into Marathon season.
Six trails runs - this did a lot to keep me healthy.
Speed work was comprised of two good interval workouts and two races. These all went well.
There were also three tempo runs. I'd say 1 of these was excellent, 1 was fair and 1 sucked. This is my weakness right now.
Two races: a five mile run with a PR that I felt OK about and 1 mile time trial that had nice results, all in all.
During the month, I trained with Clif Recovery, Accelerade and Ultima Replenisher electrolyte replacement drink. I was unimpressed with the Clif (too sugary, doesn't dissolve well and only tastes ok), felt Accelerade was decent because it's readily available in most stores pre-mixed and fell in love with Ultima. Ultima's barely-any-sugar formula is especially great for diabetics and makes an ideal combo with gels on long runs. I think I'll probably move back to Endurox for recovery drinks, though. Tastes great, dissolves easy and seemed to "work better" than the Clif for recovery. One problem - my local retailer has stopped carrying Endurox, so I need to find a new source.
What's on tap for August?
* Not necessarily more miles. With cross training, the total for the month likely won't go much higher than it is now, and could go down.
* More longer runs. The weekend runs for the next 4 weeks will be 15, 13, 20 and 18 miles.
* Better thinking on tempo runs. I waffled on what I wanted these runs to be during last month. This month, I'm sticking to my plan.
* First half-marathon since last September. However, it's the Half-Wit Half Marathon - a nasty trail race, so it'll be a great workout, but won't give me much of a gauge of where my fitness is.
* Stay healthy. Stay healthy. Stay healthy.
I didn't say much about the diabetes because - thankfully - there isn't much to say. Just came from a check-up and my most recent A1C was 6.6. In the next month, I need to get a better feel for how to handle blood sugars on the really long runs, but all's good on that front right now, too.
Total miles: 158.8 - my most since I came back to running 13 months ago. That's 21% more than June (which had been a 30% up-tick from May). However, there were also a few cross-training days in the month, too. It's a decent number - certainly more than some of the blogs I read and certainly way less than other blogs I read.
Three runs of 12 miles or more. That's definitely the highlight of the month as I move into Marathon season.
Six trails runs - this did a lot to keep me healthy.
Speed work was comprised of two good interval workouts and two races. These all went well.
There were also three tempo runs. I'd say 1 of these was excellent, 1 was fair and 1 sucked. This is my weakness right now.
Two races: a five mile run with a PR that I felt OK about and 1 mile time trial that had nice results, all in all.
During the month, I trained with Clif Recovery, Accelerade and Ultima Replenisher electrolyte replacement drink. I was unimpressed with the Clif (too sugary, doesn't dissolve well and only tastes ok), felt Accelerade was decent because it's readily available in most stores pre-mixed and fell in love with Ultima. Ultima's barely-any-sugar formula is especially great for diabetics and makes an ideal combo with gels on long runs. I think I'll probably move back to Endurox for recovery drinks, though. Tastes great, dissolves easy and seemed to "work better" than the Clif for recovery. One problem - my local retailer has stopped carrying Endurox, so I need to find a new source.
What's on tap for August?
* Not necessarily more miles. With cross training, the total for the month likely won't go much higher than it is now, and could go down.
* More longer runs. The weekend runs for the next 4 weeks will be 15, 13, 20 and 18 miles.
* Better thinking on tempo runs. I waffled on what I wanted these runs to be during last month. This month, I'm sticking to my plan.
* First half-marathon since last September. However, it's the Half-Wit Half Marathon - a nasty trail race, so it'll be a great workout, but won't give me much of a gauge of where my fitness is.
* Stay healthy. Stay healthy. Stay healthy.
I didn't say much about the diabetes because - thankfully - there isn't much to say. Just came from a check-up and my most recent A1C was 6.6. In the next month, I need to get a better feel for how to handle blood sugars on the really long runs, but all's good on that front right now, too.
Ooooh...deep seated jealousy that you're doing Half Wit. I *love* that race (er...run?). Can't risk a turned ankle or loss of any limb this year with only a few weeks out to my A race.
ReplyDeleteHave a total blast! Oh, and did you see the great article on Ron in (i think) Runners Times?