I think this is the worst 90 mile week I've ever had. Last weekend I bit off a little more than I should have by running 26.5 with 4000 ft of vert followed by a 17 mile tempo run the next day. Monday I felt extremely flat and just took it easy. I ran 14.5 miles slow and Tuesday had the intention of hitting a tempo run but called it after I had a very hard time keeping my first mile under 6:50. I ran an easy 5 miles and hung it up. Wednesday I hit another easy 10 on the trail but still felt super flat and resolved to take Thursday off. Friday night Steve and I ran a quick 20 in 2:43. Friday night felt easy and I headed out to Prairie Spirit 100 this weekend to help pace someone from 50-77 and hang out at an aid station for a while.
Super long day at Prairie Spirit but totally worth it. Drove 6 hours up to Ottawa to help out at the Garnett aid station and moved to the turn around to pick up my runner later in the evening. We ran 13 min/mile pretty well through 77 and he ran super strong through the night to finish his first 100 very rewarding experience and an easy 27 miles into the week. After leaving him at Garnett I returned to working the aid station with Bob and Polly only to discover my CR had been broken but that's ok John is a very talented runner and I don't mind. I stayed until 3 am and decided to try to start working my way back to Lawton. I made it about 60 miles down the road and had to stop and nap I was completely drained. A couple of hours of sleep and a large coffee and I was on my way back to Lawton. I took a short cat nap and took the rental car back to the airport and jogged home 11 miles at a very casual 8:30 pace.
The next two weeks are going to be much easier leading up to the Lake McCurty 50k. This week totaled 90 miles without any good workouts not where I want to be. Next week I'm aiming for 65-75 miles with 1 speed workout and 1 hill repeat and 30 miles before the 50k to 61 miles the week of the 50k.
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