I still don't know if I am accepted, and won't know until late October. But I decided to use a Pfitz 24/55 (with a few mods) to train so I had to officially start training on Sept 3. I'm not sure if people will be interested in the training saga, but I plan to post here once a week or so just to let you all know how it's going.<br><br>
For background, I am coming off a strong summer for a change. I managed to run over 200 miles in both July and August, thanks to the VRAA. I even had one week of 70 miles, so I am pretty confident in being able to complete the 24/55, even with my mods. The basic mods are to run pretty much every day instead of the plan for 5 days per week. Other than that, I will not do much interval work, as they don't do my groin any favors, and I may not do the longer long runs if they take too much out of me. I will know as I get into them if I can recover easily from a 20 mile run.<br><br>
So....week 1 was Sept 3 to 9. Plan was only 30 miles, consisting of 4 runs, including a 7, 8, 4 and 11 miler. Sounds easy for someone who recently ran 70, but I hurt my groin in a 5k race in late August, so I barely managed to get my runs in. I managed 31 miles, including 7.2, 8.2, 4.5 and 11.2. The short run included 20 minutes at threshold. So far so good! This week's plan is for 33 miles. I feel pretty crippled but I don't want to miss anything this early in the schedule so these runs may be pretty slow and easy. Next report will be next week, assuming the site is still up and running!
For background, I am coming off a strong summer for a change. I managed to run over 200 miles in both July and August, thanks to the VRAA. I even had one week of 70 miles, so I am pretty confident in being able to complete the 24/55, even with my mods. The basic mods are to run pretty much every day instead of the plan for 5 days per week. Other than that, I will not do much interval work, as they don't do my groin any favors, and I may not do the longer long runs if they take too much out of me. I will know as I get into them if I can recover easily from a 20 mile run.<br><br>
So....week 1 was Sept 3 to 9. Plan was only 30 miles, consisting of 4 runs, including a 7, 8, 4 and 11 miler. Sounds easy for someone who recently ran 70, but I hurt my groin in a 5k race in late August, so I barely managed to get my runs in. I managed 31 miles, including 7.2, 8.2, 4.5 and 11.2. The short run included 20 minutes at threshold. So far so good! This week's plan is for 33 miles. I feel pretty crippled but I don't want to miss anything this early in the schedule so these runs may be pretty slow and easy. Next report will be next week, assuming the site is still up and running!