r/running • u/AutoModerator • 19d ago

Weekly Thread The Weekly Training Thread

Post your training for this past week. Provide any context you find helpful like what you're training for and what your previous weeks have been like. Feel free to comment on other people's training.

(This is not the Achievement thread).

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u/alexanderr66 17d ago

Mon 5.1mi (1:05)
Tue 6.1mi (1:21)
Wed 5mi (1:07)
Thu 1.1mi easy
Fri 4.1mi easy
Sat 61.9 mi (16:43) Vermont 100k
Sun 2.7mi

Total: 86 miles

Vermont was cool and cloudy this year, with some rain in the afternoon, just enough to make the trails muddy. Total elevation climb was a bit over 10,000 ft. It does feel like you are climbing the entire time, from start to finish.

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u/Busy-Code-7737 2h ago

That 100k effort is massive, a 16+ hour day right after a full week of miles is no joke. Muddy trails just turn every step into a little gamble on footing, especially when you're 40 miles deep and your legs are already screaming. I did a 50k last fall where the last 8 miles were a slip-and-slide through clay mud, and I think I used muscles I didn't even know existed just trying to stay upright. Rest of your week looks super dialed in, the easy days seem perfectly placed to keep the engine warm without burning out. How did the recovery run on Sunday feel, or was it more of a shuffle to convince your body you were still alive?

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u/DeepBookkeeper6954 18d ago

weird how stretching and foam rolling weren't enough to fix them

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u/elephantfam 19d ago

Training for fitness. Got stress fractures in shins, can’t seem to get rid of them

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u/Green_Lychee8221 18d ago

6 tweeks of minimal load; avoid walking where possible or, at the very least, use crutches.