About 6 years ago, I hit a major running plateau. I trained harder and harder, but come race day my results just weren’t changing. It was incredibly frustrating, and humbling. At that point, I started reaching out to other runners I knew, and I realized that we all had some differences in training preferences. … Read the rest
Tag Archives: running base building
Managing Fatigue In Training – Weekly Recap – 5.2.20
This week was a fairly easy going base building week, with a mixture of road and trail miles. My body continues to feel pretty good and strong overall, I’m still loving the trails, but I am still somewhat tired. Not dragging myself around the house like a narcoleptic level of tired, but also not having any difficult getting to sleep.… Read the rest
Running Base Training is Exhausting – Weekly Recap – 4.26.20
Even after a fairly high volume weekend, I’m happy to report that my body seemed to be holding up well, and I continued my Running Base Training for the majority of the week. It was another week that included some road runs, some trail runs, and a whole lot of home CrossFit workouts.… Read the rest
24 Miles in 24 Hours Running Challenge – Weekly Recap – 4.19.20
Another week of solid Running Base Training completed with a little twist at the end, and my final Support Your Local Box workout. I was able to split up my runs this week between road and trail miles again, which was a lot of fun. … Read the rest
Running Base Training – Weekly Recap – 4.4.20
This was another mellow week for me and my boys (there’s a shelter in place theme happening here). On Sunday I kicked off my running base training with 8 miles on the Leon Creek Greenway with my 6 year old, and then kept most of my weekly runs in the morning before work. … Read the rest