Sunday - Plan: 5 miles – Actual: 5 miles
Monday - Plan: Day off or Cross Train – Actual: 2 x 21 mile bike rides
Tuesday - Plan: 9 miles w/ 4 @ tempo – Actual: 9 miles w/ 3 @ tempo
Wednesday - Plan: 11 miles – Actual: 9 miles
Thursday – Plan: 5 miles – Actual: 11 miles
Friday – Plan: 9 miles – Actual: 5 miles
Saturday – Plan: 15 miles – Actual: 16 miles
Total – Plan 54 miles – Actual: 55 miles
Pretty solid week overall. You can see that I switched things around a little on Wednesday – Friday. This was so I could run with Scott on Thursday instead of our typical Wednesday run. The week also included 3 core workouts for McMillan’s DVDs.
Other than that, I have a bunch of links I want to share today. First, off all the people I wish I’d interviewed, Alex Ratelle would be at the top of the list. Unfortunately, he died on Sunday at age 87. If you’re not familiar with Alex, he was an age-group ace for many years in Minnesota. One example, running 2:30:40 (5:45 pace) at the age of 56. Since I didn’t get to interview him, how about an interview with Olympic hopeful, Heather Kampf?
And speaking of Olympic hopefuls, here are a couple of other articles worth checking out on Katie McGregor and Gabriele Anderson.
Finally, here’s a great article on Chris Lundstrom.
Quote of the Day;
"Marathons had become pretty predictable.” – Chris Lundstrom on his decision to branch out to ultras
I got to race against Ratelle - and generally lost while spotting him 38 years! Truly one of the nicest, most gracious guys you could meet.
ReplyDeleteRatelle liked to work that stationary bike from what I remember. Marathon training. You've kept after it more than most. Run them freakin' tempos hard as hell once in awhile.
ReplyDeleteHi Chad -
ReplyDeleteIt does look like a solid first week of TCM training! Great to meet you in Duluth Saturday night. You should be able to link to my blog from my profile, otherwise it's www.runninfromthelaw.com
Good luck w/ the rest of TCM training!
Cindi