I wasn't looking forward to Monday's long run, probably my longest training run ever. Still, it had to be done and, in the end, it went fairly smoothly (if slowly). Still, I take comfort in the fact that Bruce always ran his long runs easy. I did miss running hills this week. I know, that sounds crazy, but I like hills. Which is why our current version of the Boston special has more hills than ever before.
Monday 15th March: Rescheduled long run. Avoided too many of the big hills on the Boston Special because of lingering achilles issues, and added more miles along the flat lake shore. 40km.
Tuesday 16th March: Short, easy recovery run along rail path. Achilles and calf still sore. 7.6km.
Wednesday 17th March: Longboat club run along the lake shore. Slower than normal workout because of lingering Achilles and calf issues. 18.8km
Thursday 18th March: Ran over to High Park and met up with Chris MacPeake along the way. Managed to convince him to join me for a slow jog of the High Park trails. 11.9km.
Friday 19th March: Reduced hill workout in High Park, including zoo steps. Ran while coaching Longboat runners. Last official hill workout, celebrated with beer afterward. 10.3km
Saturday 20th March: Ran with Rob on Rosedale trail and up pottery road for coffee at Mike Cullen's cafe, finished by running back through Riverdale Park. 11.3km
Sunday 21st March: Longboat long run from the Y. Ran to Lakeshore and did 2 x 5k at 4min/km in middle of run with Steve, Michael and Rob. 25.6km
Weekly Total 125.5km
YTD Total: 1160km
A very solid week considering the achilles/calf issue hasn't gone away yet. It is getting better though. I mean really, how long will it take? Perhaps the recovery week I've scheduled for next week, to coincide with a mini taper for the Around the Bay 30km race, will allow it to heal properly. In the meantime, icing and stretching continues to be the order of the day.
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