Thursday, September 15, 2011

An Update

At the risk of jinxing myself, I have to say that my running has been really coming together the last couple of weeks. Ever since I DNF'ed Rocky Raccoon back in February, my running and races have not been where they were last year. I had a couple of nagging injuries that didn't keep me from running, but that did keep me from performing to my (albeit mediocre) potential. The injuries also kept me from putting in the miles I was putting in last year.

Well for some reason or other, all that changed about three weeks ago. The last two weeks I racked up my highest two training weeks (without a "training" ultra) ever, 71 and 84.5 miles. I also picked up my speed. Yesterday I ran a tempo run that seemed way too easy, my heartrate was the same as my easy run heartrate was just a month ago. Today I ran a trail run 6 minutes faster than I did last week, even with the temperature the same and the dew point higher.

I was just about ready to attribute my slowing down earlier in the year to getting older (which I still am), but this is giving me hope that there may still be a PR or two in my future.

The Hinson Lake 24 Hour Run is in just nine short days and yes, I'm going to be shooting for a PR!

9 comments:

Karen said...

Congratulations! Glad things are going so well :)

B. Kramer said...

Way to turn things around. Here's hoping the rest of the year holds many awesome runs. Cheers!

Anonymous said...

I think you are getting the Fall buzz a little early. I hope it continues!

Georgia Snail said...

Blow up Hinson...what a great event!

C said...

Wow! 24 hours of running. You are my new hero. Keep up the great work!

Jess said...

Glad it's going well now!

J said...

Age won't work as an excuse quite yet. You are training hard, so we are expecting big things!

Running with MTP said...

Have a great Hinson Lake - Be patient and enjoy the goodness!

Laura@Run_Eat_Date said...

Congratulations on your PR! Can't wait to read your race report and thanks for your words of encouragement!