Last week was a decent week of training. I am slowly getting back into more of a consistent grind. While I’m not training for anything, I’m running and enjoying it. Since I’ve either been injured or burned out, this ahead of most summers so far. In fact, I haven’t run consistently over the summer in 3 years!
I hadn’t planned on not racing this week, but the cards fell that way. I had contemplated running a race on the Fourth of July. However, the heat and my mood didn’t want too. I ran an easy, but humid run which was fine for me. I have no regrets about it.
| Monday: | Short Walk |
| Tuesday: | Easy 60 minutes |
| Wednesday: | Easy 60 minutes |
| Thursday: | Short Hike through Hike Point Park |
| Friday: | Easy 60 minutes |
| Saturday: | Easy 60 minutes |
| Sunday: | 15 miles with last 7 at 7:05 |
Thoughts:
I said I was going to race more in July and then didn’t race at all last week! Ha, plans change. As I mentioned, on Wednesday I opted to sleep in, enjoy an easy run, and relax versus race. Over the weekend, there wasn’t anything local that worked with my schedule.
Sunday Long Run (15 Miles with last 7 at 7:05):
On Sunday, I did my longest run in a couple of months. The weather was ideal, and I felt great the entire time. I am extremely pleased with how it went. Over the Winter and Spring, I was consistently doing 14-15 miles on Sunday. It kept my endurance sharper and made me, “half marathon ready.” Meaning: You can finish a half marathon well. Will you PR with that alone? No, but you won’t feel like peeling over at mile 11. Which leads me to my next exciting announcement.
Next Weekend I’m Going to Colorado:
Next weekend, I’m going to run the Underamour Mountain Series trail 25k at Copper Mountain. I haven’t been “secretly hiding it and training for trails races,” but the opportunity presented itself recently and I’m going to take advantage of it. When I was first contacted but someone, a few weeks ago I turned it down. As most people know, I have social anxiety and have had some a relatively bad setback over the late spring.
This sort of spontaneousness (the kind I can turn down), is something I generally do. Then I thought for another hour, and I was like, what am I thinking. This is a once in a lifetime oppertunity, and I can’t turn it down. It’s going to be fun. It’s going to challenge me both physically and mentally!
It is entirely out of my comfort zone, and my only goal is to finish. The cutoff time is 4.5 hours. Since I’ve been getting into hiking a lot this Summer and it looks like such a fun combination of both hiking and running. Do I have any expectations? Absolutely not, but I’m really looking forward to challenging myself. I’ll be the first to admit, training wise, it’s not my smartest decision but my goal this summer is to have fun and try new things. I
There is a 20% discount code for any of the Underamour Mountain Series including Copper, Killington, and Mt. Bachelor. I can’t believe I’m doing something so off the wall crazy, but you only live once right? I never thought of myself as a trail runner but after enjoying hiking so much, I want to give it a shot. I think it will be the hardest running race I’ve ever done.
Posts of the Week:
Walking around Belleplain State Forest
Questions for you:
Do you have any tips for trail racing?
How was your week of training?
Good luck Hollie! I hope it goes well for you and can’t wait to read about the 25K. You definitely have the running training down and you hike a lot, so you’re going in as prepared as you can (for someone who lives in a flat area, which I understand). It sounds like it will be amazing.
Thanks Amy and you know we live in similar area, elevation and terrain wise.
Good for you for going for it!!! Can’t wait to hear how it goes:)
OMG! How exciting! Have a great time 🙂
good luck but you’re going to crush it!!
I am so happy you are coming to Colorado! I secretly bribed the person who contacted you lolz