Last week put the weekly volume near 60 miles and I was able to hold it together!

Over the weekend I completed my first back-to-back long run of about 20 miles each day. One of them was on the trail and the other road.

I did see my first snake on the trail as I was near the end of my long run. I hurdled or “spasmed” over the little guy as it came into my awareness just before stepping on it. Graceful it was not and fortunately I didn’t pull a muscle.

A guy riding a horse was approaching in front of me and if he saw this less-than-graceful maneuver, he probably had a pretty good internal laugh.

I was a bit sluggish starting the second 20 of the weekend but got into a pretty good rhythm after about 1.5 miles. I held my Easy pace at a fairly low heart rate for much of the run until the last 3 miles when it began to creep up.

Due to the family schedule I didn’t start my second long run until early evening and finished in the dark. It actually was surprisingly enjoyable as the sun disappeared and the temperature dropped. I liked it even though my energy level was quite low at the start but once the blood got moving, I was feeling pretty good.

There was no cycling on Friday as I took it as an off day to recover for the big weekend.

This week is a reduced volume week so time to start absorbing those last three weeks!

The Weekly Low-Down:

run: 58.53 miles (5 sessions: 8 miles-easy, 4×1 mile-tempo, 6 mile-easy, 18.27 mile-easy, 20.26 mile-easy)

bike: 0 mins

weights/core: 1 sessions

Happy Training!

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