Week Ending Jan 21, 2012

After only getting in 57 miles last week, I really thought this would be my week to top 70. I ran two workouts – one on Sunday and one on Saturday – and ran both of them uphill. It’s never too early to start training for summer mountain racing, right? I figure if I want to do well at Mount Washington, then I need to start running uphill at least once every few weeks. So on Sunday I ran 10 x 3min uphill on Cheyenne Canon trails. Monday was a medium day and Tuesday was a short 6.5 miles. Wednesday was another medium day and Thursday was supposed to be a long day, but turned out to be shorter than I wanted (sounds a lot like last week). Friday turned out to be a zero. I was so tired after work again that I had to take a nap. I meant to take a short nap and get up in time for a 30 or 60 min run before dark. Instead, I napped for 3 hours. Something must be wrong with me for me to need this much sleep and have to take naps in the afternoon. I mean I feel worn out all the time. I should probably go see a doctor and have some bloodwork done. Saturday was another workout in Cheyenne Canon. I ran 7 x 4.5 minutes. I need to get serious about training again, need to up my mileage, and need to start running doubles. I plan on starting all of this in February (assuming I’m healthy and can make it though a week without having to take a day off due to exhaustion).