It's been three full weeks since Javalina 100 and I've been taking it fairly easy in terms of sheer mileage volume, roughly running 40-60/week. What I mentioned in the previous post was that I wanted to start more intense workouts and that's been pretty much what I've been doing. I joined the LA Track Club, a conveniently short bike ride away, at the Santa Monica High School Tuesdays for speed work. The three years since I've taken up running I haven't done one lick of speed work. I'm now mentally and physically prepared to undertake the intense training I need to do to improve my running performance. I've probably put it off so long because I know doing that kind of work is really not enjoyable compared to loping along the trails. I also started to add some hill repeats that sees about 280 vertical gain in .2 miles and that too produces chemicals my brain doesn't particularly enjoy. With that said, I'm hoping the Ray Miller 50 miler on February 25, my third fifty, will see the full fruition of this added type of training, and even 2 weeks into it I can tell it's starting to have a positive affect. It all starts on Monday, with one or two 50km races thrown in the mix just to get some long runs in.
The reason I'm putting in this type of training is because I want to see what my potential might be. I know there is something there and I'm excited to start taping into it.
For now, I'm in a Ridgecrest motel because Megan has her first ultra race tomorrow morning: OTHTC 50K. I'm really excited to see her perform well as I know she can.
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