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Weekend of Running

Today I completed my biggest week of running yet - 46 miles.  It is sad I'm almost embarrassed to say it is only 46 miles, but before this training season, 38 miles was the most I'd ever run in a week...and that included a 31 mile race!  Many "real" runners would consider 40-45 miles per week as base training, but oh well.  I keep reminding myself I just need to be proud of it and not compare it to others...perhaps others like my friends Vegas and Jerry who ran EIGHTY MILES this weekend!!!  They ran 55 miles on Saturday and 25 today.  They are training for the Rocky Raccoon 100 mile race in February and successfully completed their hardest weekend of training.  We took turns setting up aid stations for them on Saturday and threw them a little finish party Saturday afternoon. 
Vegas and Jerry finishing 55 miles
 
Finish line tailgate party
My 20 mile run Saturday was really good.  The weather was perfect.  The girls I was running with started off pretty fast and I kept saying I was going to slow down because I didn't trust that I'd be able to continue that fast for 20 miles.  We slowed down a bit after our 9:50 first mile, but not much.  The route was an out and back - the first and last 5-6 miles were flat and the middle ones, not so much.  They are along Lake Austin though, so very pretty, on the appropriately named Scenic Drive.  The girls I ran with were running 18 so I did that with them and went back out for 2 more at the end.  I could have gone to 10 and turned around then to get 20 that way, but it would have been stupid to give up my company and run solo for 11 miles vs. 2!  Once we got out of the hills they started picking up the pace again and we had several miles under 10:00 pace again.  I ended up at 10:13 overall pace for the 20 miles - definitely the fastest I've run 20+ miles before.  My recent 17 and 18  mile runs with 10 at goal pace averaged out to ~9:55 min/mile overall pace, so those were faster, but they were supposed to be.  The 20 this weekend was all "easy pace" - I'm interested to see how my 21-22 goes next weekend, again with 10 at goal pace.

I'm also interested to see how any of my runs go this week after running 20 yesterday and 10 today.  My legs do not feel awful, but apparently my toes did not handle today's run very well.  I had the beginnings of one blister after Saturday's run, but it was not awful.  After the 10 today...wow.  Both big toes exploded a la my 2004 marathon training.  Of course, I have to post pictures - after all, it has been nearly a year since I've posted any pictures of my beautiful toes.  They are doing okay now though, with help from the awesome aloe-infused, fleece-lined socks Mrs. Clark gave me for Christmas.
Apparently Body Glide and toe socks were no match for 30 miles of running this weekend



Tomorrow is an off day from running, then 5-6 more days of some big running and its TAPER TIME!
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Lisa said…
So this sounds weird, but I've started slathering my feet with chamois butter before I put on my socks. It works a lot better than body glide or vaseline. Between that and the move to Newtons has stopped my blisters 99 percent of the time.
January 11, 2011 at 12:40 PM
KCWoodhead said…
Your comment reminded me that I failed to mention I rarely get these types of blisters in my newtons too. My Brooks Launch are responsible in this case. I'm switching my shoes up here and there, especially with lots of miles on the tl trail, and newton's aren't always the best for that, but no more brooks for a while - not long miles at least!
January 11, 2011 at 12:47 PM
Angy said…
I love your socks Kathleen!! Those blisters look really painful!
January 11, 2011 at 2:27 PM
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