Since my last post I managed to go from a tiny wound in the bottom inside left leg to running 45 miles in about 8 hrs and 15 minutes with amazing split times, or at least amazing if you are old like me.
I managed to get some sort of left leg injury that seemed to only hurt if i walked but did nothing while i was running. Not sure what caused it but my guess is bad shoes. The injury went away after i rested for a few days; torture no less but important if i want to get better.
This week started with 3 19 mile days. The weather is getting less wet and more sun but cool sun so the times are rather good; around 3 hrs and 20 minutes give or take. I am never in a big hurry and given most run past me super fast no need to worry too much about speed.
On Saturday I took a course that is 22.5 miles and includes a very tough single track for about 1/3 of the run and doubled it. I did the course twice with a nice rest of 20 minutes between or there abouts. The first 22.5 was done in 3 hrs and 30 minutes a pb no doubt. Amazing. I had so much extra time that i rested and ate well, drank well and thought well.
The second half went ok with some resting on super tough hills. I was scared that my legs would cramp up or my head would bonk but my legs never cramped and my head never bonked. I finished the second 22.5 miles in 3 hours and 50 minutes. Both split times are much less then the average during training of 4 hours.
The weather on saturday was cool with a breeze which i am sure helped. I had some Oxygen issues for the first 5 or 6 miles.. not sure why the body managed to work out the problems. For the first time in any run i was drinking a mixture i made of maltodextrin. The stuff seems to be in love with my body and visa versa because i had no bonk and tons of energy. Most of the energy was from the good oxygen vo2max rate.. and some from my head feeling fine.
I was not too sure i had 45 miles in so given i might be off by a mile or two i ran another 2 miles which i have not included in my times just in case. I wanted my numbers to error on the side of more work not less.
So now that i have done the WTF (as i learned from Tony) training run.. what is next? Good question. I am going to do one of these double course runs at least once a week. Sure they take all day (8 hrs and 15 minutes for this last one) but they help train the legs for a super long run or so i hope.
I love to run the single tracks however, the snakes are out in full force an Bears are taking a dump on the trail.. not a good sign.. kinda like.. hey.. maybe you should take up tennis.
July Numbers so far
| Rank | Runner | Team | Distance | Miles/Km | State |
| 1 | homey claus | CPTC | 257.9 | Miles | New York |
| 2 | frankbott | AVL | 213.5 | Miles | North Carolina |
| 3 | coop74 | CPTC | 196.5 | Miles | New York |
| 4 | sarahA | CPTC | 194.8 | Miles | New York |
| 5 | sonny67 | 184.9 | Miles | Michigan | |
| 6 | felice | CPTC | 181.06 | Miles | New York |
| 7 | sonic | 179.78 | Miles | Ohio | |
| 8 | bigdog531 | 171 | Miles | New York | |
| 9 | susanmls | CPTC | 169 | Miles | New York |
| 10 | trackstar | BTUNCPEM | 164.5 | Miles | Maryland |
June Numbers
| Runner | Distance | Rank |
| coop74 | 372.85 | 1 |
| frankbott | 356.7 | 2 |
| glenn flynn | 316 | 3 |
| susanmls | 304.7 | 4 |
| bigdog531 | 279 | 5 |
| sarahA | 274.5 | 6 |
Enjoy.. to many more runs..
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