December Training Recap
You will notice in this month that my total mileage stayed similar to that of November. I had just enough motivation to maintain my running fitness, while building strength. I spent most of this month focusing on functional strengthening routines, weight lifting, and seeking to improve hip strength and flexibility issues. I really wanted to see how fast I could still go, basically where my speed was at. I completed a few progressive interval sessions involving 400’s. The final 400 of the sets was run at a 5:00 pace, which was fast, it hurt but not as much as I thought it would. I guess the strength work had helped gain back some of the speed I had lost. I plan on focusing on building strength/speed once training begins, in January, by running intervals and climbing! Coming up I will write a post about recovery, taking a break, and the importance of building functional running strength in the off season. Also stay tuned for a post related to my diet, VESPA, and some of the things I changed this year to include more fat and eliminate carbs, to increase my fat burning efficiency, to enhance race day performance and recovery!
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| What I asked Santa for!!! |
TOTALS
Run 98.3 miles 12:49:30
Swim 11.0 miles
Bike 74.5 miles
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