Last week marked my first week of 'real' training since running Boston. I feel fully recovered, my legs feel fresh and I'm excited for some of the challenging races I have ahead of me this summer. Here's how last week broke down:

Monday: 30 minutes of easy running

Tuesday: 8 miles that felt amazing. My legs felt fresh and happy and the miles just ticked by effortlessly. It was a good run on a crisp and pretty spring morning.

Wednesday: 4 easy morning miles then 12x300 on the track. This is one of my fave workouts 300's are short enough to really push yourself. We did two sets of 6 on 2:30 min cycles with the instructions to go hard on the 5th repeat in each set. Here's how my sets broke down:

Set one (59,59,59,59,54,1:02) Set 2 (102, 102, 101, 101, 59, 102)

I went pretty hard in the first set. I gave everything I had on that 54 and just had to tough it out the last set.

Finished with 8.25 miles for the day.

Thursday: Run up Gunstock Mountain. This was the first run of the season and the climb always surprises me. There's a good 25% grade section at the top that is especially challenging. But I ran it in record time for me 23:05. And followed it up with 5K on the tails at the base. 1:12 min of running, probably 5 miles-ish.

Friday: off (after 11 days "on" it was time for a day off)

Saturday: I met up with Angela from HappyFitMama for a fabulous sunrise run up Mt. Major in Gilford, the sunrise and the gorgeous views of the lake were well worth the early morning wake up. 1:06 minute of running, probably 5 miles in distance.

Sunday: I'm going back to timed long runs on Sundays. I like these because the miles and pace don't matter, just the time. So if my body is tired I run fewer miles and if I'm feeling good there will be more miles. I ran 2 hours of easy running, although it didn't feel that "easy" especially when I hit the hill that's 1/2 mile from my house. I walked a little bit, which is totally acceptable. I had a hard week. Walking is OK. I will run hard on the hard days and walk on the easy days if I feel like it.

44 miles for the week

From here on out my weeks will look pretty similar to last week although I'll be adding a hilly 7 miler on Monday.

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