The weekly mileage is piling up~

Today’s run on the dirt trail was much better.  I can feel that I’m getting a little stronger.  I didn’t have to walk any of the 9.5 mile course and that’s a good thing.

Whenever I felt a little out of breath or I was going up a hill, I closed my stride a little and “short stepped” through the difficulty.  This is something I’ve learned only through experience.  I don’t attack hills any more, I simply let them come to me as I jog in place, so to speak.  It’s a lot easier to manage a run that way!

I’ve done other runs this week, too.  All these runs are in the middle, the hottest, of the day to try to get acclimated to the heat as soon as possible.  The 50k I’m training for is July 28^th, probably the hottest time of the summer here in Mississippi.  I’ve run a 7 mile loop around the neighborhood and a 8.5 mile out-and-back to the reservoir along Ridgeland’s Recreation Trail.

The more I train and get acclimated, the better.  These runs aren’t about speed, I’ve kept a relative slow pace of around 9:45-10:00/mile just to get my legs back into some kind of condition.  They’re improving slowly.

The weekly miles will be increase over the next few weeks.  Right now, I’m at 30 miles for this week.

Gotta run,

Chuck

The Vagabond Runner