The Laufen Mountain's Journey

Pretty happy with my running this week.  Nothing crazy, but it was consistent. Excited that 5:30/km is becoming more of a natural pace, and 6 flat is more of a recovery pace.  Still a ways off from 4 and change needed for Boston, but improvement is good. Going to start official marathon training next week,  there's a Marathon training plan available through Strava that conveniently starts with a recovery day (which I'm sorely in need of).  Up until now it's been logging kms to log kms, now it'll be building towards the daunting 26 miles. I didn't get in the cross training or yoga in that I wanted to, and it shows. Here's to a better week next week! Weekly distance: 44.7km (0.8km less than last week) Yearly distance: 494km (17.5km ahead of 2,022km plan)

A great week running, but no cross training or yoga for balance. Instead it was a pretty low key March break. I worked and tackled some projects around the house, but managed to relax with the family as well. I still need to take some time to unplug from work, someday.... but that's work John's problem. Apparently Thursdays are my days to lay down some PRs. Broke last week's Thursday PRs with this week's Thursday run. Commitment to myself for next week. Cross train three times, yoga three times, good steady mileage.  Weekly distance: 45.5km (11.8km more than last week)  Yearly distance: 449.2km (11.6km ahead of 2,022km plan)

I had a pretty good week running.  I didn't get in my long run today, but instead got some projects accomplished.  In retrospect my Thursday run was pretty great. I crushed another PR on Fryer, and got into the top 10 for times. Plus my third fastest 5k time. It was very rewarding to see gains in my speeds. I broke 400km yesterday, which is super exciting! I remember the anxiety of being under 100k at the start of the year, now I've got a more ambitious goal that is keeping my feet closer to the fire 😬 I still need more weight training, but have had some great yoga sessions with Tiff. Weekly distance: 33.7km (0.7km more than last week)  Yearly distance: 403.7km (4.8km ahead of 2,022km plan)

Painful week running this week! I spent too much of it feeling sore, and took an extra recovery day.  Which was needed, but I was far too reluctant to take.  It was bumping my foot into Tiff, and looking like a soccer player after taking a hit.  My son looked at me like I was an idiot "Dad, take a break". So I did. While I was busy feeling like I hadn't run enough.  I glossed over the fact that I ran an amazing half, immediately followed by a personal best on Meloche Hill.  Which is typical, gloss over the good, focus on the negative. A good Sunday long run is good for the soul. It's even better when your body's not beaten and bruised and you can actually enjoy it.  Even though the kms were low this week, they were some quality kms! With warmer weather comes alternatives for cardio, looking forward to getting back on my bike this month. Going to try and balance this week with some good runs and more cross training.  It still feels like a chore, and not like a part