More miles~

The miles continue to pile up.  With today’s 8-miler completed, the total mileage for this week is 44.5 miles run.  This week was considered a hard week since my long trail run really pumped the mileage up.

I think I had some residual fatigue left over the days following that long trail run.  The day after, I had a scheduled rest day, but the following two days were a 6-mile and 8-mile run. 

This what is interesting about the body’s way of recovering from long runs and the training schedule.  Even though I was somewhat rested to run those 6 and 8 milers, my legs were still a bit sore.  Not hurt, but just sore.  So when I ran, the muscles were put under a bit of stress while running on a smooth, paved road, not the broken, rooted, uneven ground and rocky trail. 

This must have been a good way to do a recovery run because my legs do feel a bit stronger.  That’s a good thing.  Runner’s World just published a special issue on trail running.  This issue has cool myths to debunk and articles on exotic locals to run.

An interesting over all theme of the articles were the need for a strong core.  The core is the middle body area where the legs hang off of and the upper body sets on top of, the pelvic and abdominal area.

  

Tomorrow is a strength-training and swimming day.  I try to do this once a week just as a cross-training technique.

Then, I rest… sweet rest!

Gotta run,

Chuck

The Vagabond Runner.