just noticed..
I did 343 miles in January 2019, which makes that
my 4th most miles *ever* in a month (373, 354, 346, 343). BUT, I did that
*without* doubles for the last 2 weeks (50% of the month) AND took rest days each of those weeks (6d).
*also*: I didn't do a single speed session all month.. and I eclipsed my 10k PR by almost a minute! I imagine my 5k is at-or-near PR levels as well. mile, definitely not. but I did have some crazy kicks at the end of races (ultra, 10k, half) which showed that my speed is fine.
that's pretty cool.
plan is to keep doing what i'm doing. need to be a little more careful though, been tweaking my calves all month (mostly soleus). gastroc tweaks are scarier for me, can't really run if that's tweaked.
i race so often that I need to be careful with how hard I train during the week, especially now that i'm racing longer distances more often. i'd like to get to the point where I can do a strong half or full whenever, for example. oh a full next week? cool let me go try to top3 that. etc.
i like this new routine i'm on where i simply try to get in 1.5-2 hours of running every morning. feels like it's working very well. you can just feel when your aerobic base improves considerably, running feels very different.. especially when you're 1.5 hours into a run and feel like cranking out some harder miles in the end, and somehow you just can. the ability to do that happens when you really up your running strength.
waking up earlier helps. i'd like to get in 2 hours every morning but i really need to wakeup earlier for that.. 2 hours is way harder than 1.5 hours though.. i mean psychological it's a whole different level. 1.5 seems do-able for me. so i'll keep cranking that out, throwing in 2-ish occasionally and 3-ish once a week (long run), and then who knows maybe i'll be able to go 2 hours every morning at some point.
i figure if i do that for months on end (and maybe years on end), i might obtain some of that magic those oldschool runners captured when they did crazy sh*t like that. these guys were animals, they ran 120-150 miles per week. so much of it slow, and raced very frequently. then they'd drop 28:XX 10k's, <2:10 marathons etc. it's incredible. and they seemed to always feel like crap, according to their journals. i need that kind of aerobic weaponry.
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