Boston Training - 'Week Four' Write-Up And 'Week Five' Look-Ahead

Last week was a good week overall.

I plowed through the mileage relatively smoothly, although I ran Saturday's recovery run far too late in the day which left me stiff for my long run this Sunday. Lesson learned.

I did switch Tuesday and Wednesday's runs around due to a snow dump on Tuesday. In hindsight it was a mistake - the roads turned out to be reasonable, and back-to-back 16km steady runs wasn't fun.

On the plus side, I kept myself closer to the schedule than the previous week. While my legs feel like concrete blocks at the moment, it's a healthy feeling, not a worrying one.

I'm starting to notice the positive effects of the training. While Sunday's run was tough, I breezed through 19km today feeling pretty fresh. Very satisfying.

Running Log: Week Four

Day	Scheduled Run	Actual Run
Sunday	22km comfortable	22km comfortable
Monday	Rest	Rest
Tuesday	15km comfortable	10.5km
Wednesday	10km recovery	16km steady
Thursday	15km steady	16km steady
Friday	Rest	Rest
Saturday	12km recovery	14km recovery
Total	74km week	78.5km week

This week is already half-way done, but here's the schedule anyway. Just a small increase in mileage this week, and a few more gentle recovery runs to ease those tired legs:

Training Program: Week Five

Day	Scheduled Run
Sunday	25km steady
Monday	Rest
Tuesday	18km recovery
Wednesday	10km recovery
Thursday	15km comfortable
Friday	Rest
Saturday	10km recovery
Total	78km week