Training to circumnavigate a volcano - Week 2

A wrap up of week two training for an August 50K race

What

Two weeks down, 15 to go! I'm training for a 50K race around Mount St. Helens the first weekend of August. Below is a recap of my second week of training. Links are at the end for an overview of the race and week one training.

Week Two

DAY	WORKOUT	DATA
Tuesday	Easy 60 minutes
Wednesday	Speed workout
Thursday	Easy 60 minutes
Friday	Stretching and easy recovery
Saturday	Long slow day
Sunday	Stretching and easy Recovery

😴 Start of the work week is a nice day to sleep in and recover.

🏃 I stayed up late Monday night at open gym playing volleyball. Not exactly a rest day, but it was fun 😀 Getting up early after staying up later than usual wasn't easy and I could feel it the first mile of the run getting warmed up. The good news was I took it easy as I was supposed to and felt good after getting the gears moving.

⚡ Short and to the point. I did a brief warmup and then ran 8 x 20 seconds all out with 20 seconds of rest between. The first two or three are a breeze, the back half always catches up with me and I'm sucking wind by the end. Feels good to get a quick high intensity run in.

🏃 Theme of the week, I had a busy day planned at work and cut the run a bit shorter than usual. I had only planned to run four miles when I went out the door, but I was enjoying a nice crisp morning and went a bit further 😉

🧘‍♂️ A good stretching and core workout followed by a short run to get the blood moving. I needed some extra time stretching this morning and spent more time loosening up and less time out running.

⛰️ Another beautiful Saturday for a long run. I ran a more difficult and road heavy path this week. I felt great the entire run, but dragged more throughout the rest of the day than I did last week.

☕ I was dragging today. After two miles I was able to get in a groove, but the first two weeks caught up to me.

On to Week Three

I ran two less miles overall this week, but did get close to half a mile longer, in a shorter time, on my long run Saturday. I'm am trying something new this training plan. I typically run three weeks of escalating training with the fourth week a recovery week. This cycle I'm going with two weeks of increased training and the third week a recovery week. Recovery weeks keep the same intensity, but a decrease to duration. After feeling so sluggish Sunday I am happy that next week will be a recovery week.