i'm writing this on day 7, after finishing up for the week, so day 5 and 6 are a bit lossy at this point. i'll recap those together.
Day 5 & 6
being sick on wednesday and thursday, i decided to be conservative even though i knew i'd be in a deficit week 1. this turned out to be a good decision.
my friend Doug wished me luck on thursday, to get back out there on friday, at our july 4th bbq and i wasn't confident i'd be doing that. i had that stuffy head and eyes watering feeling going home that night.
luckily, friday morning i woke up and felt well enough to go for it. that morning, i went ~8 miles and at lunch I went 4. i stopped at the running store on that run and got a new running belt -- same belt (Ultimate Direction), bigger size. kind of thinking i should take it back but it'll probably be better for longer efforts when i have more? i'm not sure.
on saturday, day 6, i went for gold with a 20 miler. i really cranked up mileage this week from anything i've every done, especially over the base i've had over the last month or so. everyone tells you not to do that. i'd assume they're more right than not, and yet i felt strong on this big effort. perhaps a significant part of that is luck. i'll just accept and not think to much about it, though. this, i think, is a strength of mine in running: not overthinking things.
Day 7
finished up the week this morning with an ~8 miler. that put me 18.58 miles in the hole for the project, but considering i did those 65.91 miles in 4 days -- my most ever training miles in a week -- i'm really happy about this week.
some pivoting
i'm planning on some adjustments to the weekly template. i probably should take this week and increase it by 10-15% weekly miles over the next 2-3 weeks instead of going up to 84.5 this coming week.
i imagine that could look like a 10-11 mile daily average, with throwing at least one trail day in there, and then a long run on saturday mornings. i'll need to simulate that over the next 6 months and see what that comes out to so i have something predictable and a bit progressive to follow.
data
the home page for the project is here. it's really just a fun face for it. this blog will contain most of the narrative. i'll be doing videos too.
i'm thinking that a google sheet that's full of the data (planned and discovered) like gear useage, food intake, and everything else surrounding the actually miles would be helpful to me.
going to look into that soon.
last thought
i'm glad i'm doing this. i've been a more focused human being this week because i started this.
this kind of observation is what i love about distance running and high endurance efforts. it shows me things about myself and helps me live better.