Tuesday, May 15: GEHC Trails – 8 miles – Normal morning run, up and
around the GEHC then out and back on the greenway trail before work. I wanted
to get out for another 3 or 5 in the afternoon but I got stuck at work a little
late and Amanda wanted to go to trivia so I scrapped the second run in favor of
dinner.
Wednesday, May 16: GEHC Trails – 8 miles – Today looked like it was
going to be a good day to get in a workout in the afternoon, but knowing how
the week was going early on I opted to run eight in the morning to make sure I
got at least that much in. Turns out that was a wise decision. At the last
minute I had to change gears and head down to Buckhead for our State of the
Franchise event with some of our season ticket holders and our front office. By
the time I got home I was starving and it was almost 9, so no second run let
alone a workout. I’ll pay for that on Saturday.
Thursday, May 17: GEHC Trails – 8 miles – SSDD…same shit, different
day. Ran the normal route again but at least the pace has been better this week
so I feel like these are quality runs.
PM Run – GEHC Trails – 2 miles – Thunderstorms rolling in shortened
this run to two miles. Better than nothing.
Friday, May 18: GEHC Trails – 5 miles – Out and back on the
Sweetgum/Cherokee/Creekside trails. I got thrown for another loop today. Our GM
did bike to work day and rode from Buckhead to Flowery Branch (40ish miles) so
I was up at 5am to do clips then in the car to head down for the departure at
6. No morning run. By the time I got out of work I figured the best thing to do
was just run five and call it a day with the race tomorrow.
Saturday, May 19: Dirty Spokes Mt. Tabor Trail Race – 12 miles (8 mile
race + 3 wu & 2 cd) – I was not into this race at all…mentally or
physically. I didn’t feel like my body was ready to run at all and mentally
I’ve been out of it for over a week with all the stuff I’ve had going on a
work. I’d been on my feet a lot and my mileage dropped again, so going into it
I had a feeling it was going to be ugly. In the back of my head I hoped and
figured that I’d snap out of it once we got going, but I really just wanted to
get through it. I warmed up with Mitch and my legs felt awful. When we got to
the line I talked to Jesse Rappole and Nathan Haskins for a quick second (both
said they weren’t feel fast today) then we hit the trail. I tried to say close
to the two of them but my legs wouldn’t cooperate. I ended up settling into
survival mode and just ran the course. I ended up third in 54:15, which in part
is a result of the technical difficulty of the course (it was tough) and part
because I ran crappy. Last year I ran 52:0X here and a month ago I ran 55:08
for nine miles (yeah oosh).
After the race, Amanda and I
drove over to Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield and hiked up to the top of
Kennesaw Mountain. We tagged a summit, even if it’s only like a mile hike to
the top and it’s only like 1,000 foot summit, still counts.
Sunday, May 20: Gainesville State College – 11 miles – I needed a
day to just relax so I took the short drive up to GSC on Sunday morning for two
loops of the race course. I ran this really slow, but it was good to get back
to running for an hour and a half on Sunday. My legs were still pretty trashed
from the race yesterday and I definitely need to make stretching more of a
focus and priority post run. I’m kicking around the idea of running in the
Mountain Goat 10 miler in Caton next weekend.
Weekly Totals: 57 miles on 8 runs with one ugly race – This was a an
okay week given how crazy it was work-wise. I think I would have hit 65 or 70 if
it weren’t for a couple of early mornings and late nights. Hopefully I can get
back on track and be around the 65-70 mpw mark over the next few weeks. I think
that is going to be the best spot for me mileage-wise as I round out the summer
before training camp starts.
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