Monday
2000m swim
Body weight strength training session
Tuesday
Track session – 7 miles total
High School Girls Track Team – 4 miles
Step Training with 11 inch step – 10 min Backwards @ 50lbs, 20 min Forward @ 50lbs, 5 min Forward @ 96lbs
Wednesday
2500m swim
Weight training @ gym
Thursday
Hill session – 6 miles total
High School Girls Track Team – 4.5 miles
Weight Walking Hill session – 3.5 trail miles with lots of hills, 50lb weight best
Friday
Rest
Saturday
Clinton Lake Ultra 30 mile with 11lb vest
8 mile cool down run pacing friend to his finish
Sunday
10 mile road bike
Weight training @ gym
All in all a good week of training. Weighted hill walking was introduced, and hour of hiking all the hills I can on the trails while wearing a 50lb vest. Part of getting ready for all the massive hill climbs coming up in the 200. Also did the Clinton Lake Ultra. I didn’t taper at all for this race, it was treated as a regular long run. Show up, do a good solid run to improve and train. I wore my running weight vest with 11lbs in it and still came in 20 minutes faster then last year and took 10th overall. I chalk that up as a hell of a training run. Once done I changed, ate and went backwards on the course till I found a buddy who was doing his first ultra there. I ran with him to the finish to give me 38 miles that day. My training is tough and it’s definitely making me stronger and faster. Couldn’t have made it this far without my ultra coaches!
