Recently I received an email that changed my life. I was accepted into the 2014 Badwater ultramarathon. This race takes place in Death Valley and is considered the toughest foot race on the planet. Training is going well I'm hanging around 70 mile per week right now with a hill work day and speed work day. This is what last week looked like:
Monday: 10 miles easy
Tuesday: 2 miles hard (10:55) 11 mile run in the pm
Wednesday: 11 miles easy
Thursday: off
Friday: 25 miles easy
Saturday: 15 miles finished with a sub 19 min 5k
74 total miles
I feel decent just going to experiment with recovery and casein protien! Right now I have an order throughout Bodybuilding.com on the way of casein protien and ZMA which is supposed to help speed recovery while asleep. Let's give it a whirl!
I've been working with a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, and the ZMA was the one suppliment that he highly recommended. I just started taking it but hopefully it will have some benefit.
ReplyDeleteI was using a product my fiance bought called Progenex Cocoon which was amazing but at about $2.25 a serving a bit ridiculous. The casein and ZMA was the offered alternative so far so good. I think I've put in around 130 miles this month and not injuries/pain but still being careful.
ReplyDeleteMissed you at Rocky but good luck at 3 days of Syllamo this weekend such a fun sounding race!
Deletehttp://www.syllamo.org/3days/