One of the things I learned from my reconnaissance to Uwharrie a few weeks ago was that I was quite underprepared in my steep uphill hiking fitness. You’d think running up hills would be adequate, but Uwharrie is different from my local terrain in that it is littered with longer, steeper climbs. When you’re going 40 miles, this means hiking them if you aren’t a mountain goatesque freak of nature.
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OK, I know this is a little late and this is actually two workouts, not just one. The Uwharrie Recon occurred on 12/29/10 and the Carrboro 50k was on 1/2/11. Both are key events in my preparation for the Uwharrie 40 and are close in calendar proximity, so they both deserve a mention. Here’s another workout of the week. I know! Weekly, even. The Brendan run is much like the Dan G run. The Bill and Andy run is fairly similar, but on average a little slower. So what is this run about and why do I bother sharing it as a workout of the week? OK. I know that the label “Workout of the Week” is a blatant farce since publicly traded companies post their quarterly results more frequently than I’ve posted “weekly” workouts, but I don’t feel like changing the tag. Anyway, here’s a new one. To slightly make up for the missed time, I’ll talk a little bit about how this workout fits into the series. I’ve talked about swimming in the pool and my typical 2000 yard main sets, but swimming in open water is at least as important. I think the benefit to regular open water practice is primarily mental, but there are some physical skills that can be developed as well. In theory, there should be Workout of the Week (WOTW) posts every week. I know this. It is a bit sad that I couldn’t even maintain the appearance of commitment to weekly workout posts for a little while before lapsing into “Workout of the Every X Number of Weeks” posts. But, hey. Good news! Here’s my second installment. Here’s the first installation of the new Workout of the Week (WOTW) series. I’m starting with the hilly 9 mile run that I’ve done probably 3 times in the last month. I’m not really interested in using my blog as a training log, not because I’m trying to hold my training plans close to the vest, but because Ialready log that stuff in a spreadsheet and I’m not big on duplicating efforts. However, I’ve been thinking about doing a weekly post about a particular workout I did the previous week and explaining my rationale behind it. |
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