Outdoor Week Ending 10/21/12

Do I really need to post the weekly summary? No, but it's become a habit. At least I can look back at it if I want to sometime.

This week:  4 runs/hikes, 13:19, 5880 feet of climb

Saturday was the Big Brad 50 km 'race' in Pownal Maine, and I'll write something on that separately. Monday my right foot was swollen and hurting; the top of the instep area was beat up from a fair amount of time on my feet, running and hiking, over the past few months. So I just rested it, then did an easy hike Tuesday.

Wednesday I probably did more than I should have given I had a race in a few days, but I was feeling good to be moving again, and I did a nearly 3 hour run-hike on my favorite very rocky technical trails in Harriman, took it fairly easy though.

After that the taper week concept (resting the body and doing less volume before a big race) kicked in, and I just hiked lightly on Thursday, then traveled/rested Friday. Sunday after the race I just ranged a little with a friend.

No more races planned until next summer at this point:  Escarpment trail in July. I find myself just not needing to race much anymore; I just love being out in the woods on my own schedule too much. That and maybe the fact that my last two races were in the rain and/or very wet for the whole race. Puts a damper on things, for me at least, but there's more to it than that.

Outdoor Week Ending 10/14/12

15+ hours of run-hike: about 7 hours running, the rest hiking, with about 7900 feet of climb/descent, with avg HR of about 130 (higher than usual overall). A very enjoyable week outdoors in cooler temps.

I have a 50 km 'race' coming up Oct 20th (next Sat), so this coming week I'll do less volume and rest completely Thurs and Fri. My goal is not to race or even race well a this point, but I want to check out this terrain at Bradbury State Park in Maine, and visit friends near there. I don't plan to race hard, but just enjoy it as much as possible.

(No pictures for a couple of weeks now until I replace my camera).

Outdoor Week Ending 10/7/12

15+ hours of run-hike, 6650' climb. Got a 50 km race coming up in 2 weeks.