Week seven started how week six ended with bitter cold and snow-covered roads and trails. Living in North Texas this weather is highly unusual and almost never lasts more than one or two days. Oh well, I still have Leadville to run in August and plenty of training miles to run between now and then. Weather-related the week's priority became logging a 40+ mile week and less about specific run workouts. True to Texas fashion we ended this week in the high sixties with sunshine and warmth. I am cautiously happy about the sunny warmer weather because I know what is coming this summer.
Week seven recap
Tuesday's 6 -mile run was limited by the weather became a run in the snow at a slow steady pace.
Thursday I ran 5.25 miles on snow-packed trails at a solid steady-state effort.
Friday I worked in a 3 mile run on the slushy roads with a few 15 seconds surges to make up for some of Tuesday's missed VO2 work and Thursday's 3-mile shortage.
Saturday I ran 20 moderate to easy effort trail miles on a flat crushed gravel trail that became the only open trail in the area as the snow started melting.
Sunday I ran 7 road miles on tired legs at a slow easy effort
Week 7 finished out with 41 total miles, 1,454' of climbing, and 1,365' of descending.
My planned Workouts for Week 8
Week 8 - Week Ending Feb 28, 2021
Monday - Monday is my Recovery Day
Tuesday - 6-mile road run 2 warm-up, 2 Tempo, 2 cool down (Goal for this run this week is to work on fitness)
Wednesday - 30-minute Plyometrics workout (for muscle power, fitness, and fatigue resistance)
Thursday - 8 miles road run at steady-state effort. Between Half and full marathon effort after warming up - (for fatigue resistance & Endurance)
Friday - 30 Min strength workout (for fatigue resistance, muscle power)
Saturday - 15 miles Trails a little faster than ultra effort (for fatigue resistance & Endurance)
Sunday - 11 miles @ (CRP) 5-mile WU - 6 X Down Hill Repeats/power hike up -Trails with significant climbing (for endurance, fatigue resistance, muscle power)
* You can see how each run progresses in my Strava feed below
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