After the Cross Timbers trail marathon last weekend, the quads and calves were fairly sore from all of the going up, down, and around. I did no speed or hill work during the weekday and kept the training very simple. No weights either.

I kept Monday as an “off” day and moved my stationary bike day from Friday to Tuesday. The legs were still pretty fatigued but I felt that some easy spinning would help with the recovery by getting some of that blood flowing.

I started running on Wednesday with a 5 mile easy treadmill run. The major soreness was gone but I still felt some minor fatigue.

I did toss in a 15km fun run with the family on Saturday which added some flat-land tempo work.

The Weekly Low-Down:

run: 49 miles (5 sessions: 5, 9, 5, 9, 21)

bike: 45 mins

weights/core: zilch!

The week ahead includes my last race before a true recovery week and then a focused five week Boston marathon training block begins. A training buddy (Tim) and I both qualified for the first time so we are pretty excited to participate in the big event.

The season has quickly started kicking into gear. I am very grateful to have an injury-free body once again.

I hope everyone has a great week of training and racing.

Feel the BuzZ!

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