It was a nice week to break in to my more formal training schedule for this upcoming ultra season. We are still on break from classes; however the weather was a bit of everything ... cold, warm, rain, ice, it just couldn't decide this week. Since it was break I also had a great lead in to the week with nearly 50 miles the week prior including ski and run miles.
Summary of the week:
M OFF
T 6.3 mi ice rail trail run
W 6.7 mi dirt/trail run
Th 8.5 mi snow trail run
F 12.8 mi skate ski with Hillary
S 5.0 mi road run with Hillary and dogs
S 10.2 mi road/dirt/trail run
Weekly totals
Run distance: 36.7 miles
Total time all activities: 6.7 hours
Total elevation gain: 4,452 ft
Today's run had about 800 ft of elevation gain over the second half of the run and I am looking forward to getting more elevation into my training. I need to get my leg strength up again. It is tough to get really big climbs in when the trails are ice and break through semi frozen mud! The 2 miles of trail today were pretty broken leg worthy where you would just bust through the frozen ground to your shin at times. There was also a great stream crossing at the end where I had to wade to the crotch of my running shorts! Luckily I was only a half mile from home.
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