#11 - Loading it Up

Thankfully the full-time school commitments are done for the year, so now is the time to take the training up a notch as I press on towards the Voyageur 50 in July, and ultimate Superior in September. I've been steadily running between 40-50 miles a week, and will slowly build on that as I get into July. For now, I have more available training time than I can dedicate to running (if I want to avoid injury, that is) so I'm adding some biking and running in as well. I'm heading to the BWCA next week, which will be my only break from training until after Voyageur, so I'm loading up on fatigue for the next four days in anticipation of some rest in the BW. Yesterday I did a nice 12 mile bike ride to my local trail running destination, ran trails for over an hour, then rode the 12 miles back home. This was a good way to pile on 3+ hours of aerobic work without the pounding of constant running (although my tailbone isn't used to the saddle, so I'm working through some early summer butt pain). Tomorrow I intend to wake up, swim laps for an hour, and then drive to the local big hill so I can finish my vert accumulation for the week.

Doing these combo workouts is great, it mixes things up to alleviate some boredom, and as I mentioned previously, gives you a lot of bonus aerobic and strength work without the pounding of running.

Training: Easy run, 7 miles.