Finished week 6 of my modified Hanson plan.
Mon - OFF - Due to an unexpected strain of my right hip after the Sun long run
Tue - AM 5 mi recovery, PM 5 mi recovery. Skipped the VO2max 1200s due to right hip pain.
Wed - 6 easy
Thu - 10 miles, 8 @ tempo/marathon pace 7:15/mile. Tough workout, but getting over right hip pain.
Fri - 5 miles recovery 8:30/mi treadmill. Legs felt a bit beat up from the tempo run.
Sat - 10 miles easy, 9:12/mile, dragging a bit weirdly - probably a virus from Eva.
Sun - 12 miles @ fast long run pace. 7:30/mile. Felt good, no hip pain, energy good.
TOTAL 57 miles, 8:41/mi avg pace
A pretty decent week for a pullback week where I had a muscle strain confounding my efforts earlier in the week, and a kiddie virus from Eva that definitely affected my energy from Fri-Sun morning.
I'm not worried about missing the VO2max workout - if there's one factor that I don't need for 3:15 or even 3:10, it's improving my current VO2max, which is good enough from my triathlon training.
The upside of the pullback week as well is that my musculoskeletal system has time to catch up with my fitness. No more right foot pain during runs and my left knee tendinitis definitely has improved. Of course, there will be new issues every time I stress the body with pace and distance, but that's what these pullback weeks are for. Hoping for 70+ miles again next week..
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