blog - Josh Arthur

Training Recap: September 8 - 14

9/18/2013

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Sunday:

(AM) Run: 10.04 Mi - 1,100' - 1:13 - Moderate: Last "real" run before Run Rabbit Run 100 on Friday. Full Lower Loop with some new shoes that Altra just sent me. The Torins. I like them so far, and will probably race in them this weekend. T-5 days.
(PM) Road Bike: 20.63 Mi - 900' - 1:29 - Easy: Down to Jacks Cabin and back with Jess. No more biking until after the race now.

Monday:

(PM) Run: 4.17 Mi - 400' - 0:31 - Easy: A quick one on the Deli trail in the evening before it started to rain. Full on taper mode from here. Some drills / strides after.

Tuesday:

(PM) Run: 6.07 Mi - 800' - 0:52 - Easy: Short little jog-trot with Benn & Jake on the Lower at noon. Heading to Steamboat manana.

Wednesday:

(AM) Run: 4.57 Mi - 400' - 0:39 - Easy: First ever Izzy's Bagel Run. There were 3 of us. Myself, Nate, & Katie. Grabbed some breakfast after, then headed to Steamboat. RRR100 in just over 48 hrs!

Thursday:

(PM) Run: 0.71 Mi - 100' - 0:05 - Easy: A very, very short jog after the pre race meeting. Altra brought a film crew and they wanted some footage of me doing a short shake out run. It got cut short(er) because of their drone helecopter getting taken out by a rain drop... an expensive rain drop.

Friday:

(AM) Run: 104.98 Mi - 19,800' - 19:06 - RACE: At 12:00 Noon, the Run Rabbit Run 100 started. A long time later, I finished. In 4th place. Satisfied with the effort given my blown quads at mile 80. I was in the top 3 most of the race before the final descent, but it hurt to walk, let along run down the mountain. Check out my race report for the full recap.

Saturday:

Day Off: Technically... I ran for nearly 7 hrs today but I counted it as a friday race since thats when it started. Legs are trashed.

Week Totals

Running: 130.54 Miles, 22,600' Vert, 22 Hrs, 26 Min
Road Biking: 20.63 Miles, 900' Vert, 1 Hrs, 29 Min

Summary

I had a great taper week and felt relaxed going into Friday's race. After giving it hell, I faded a bit at the end due to blown quads and ended up finishing 4th. I still took home a (small) chunck of the 35k prize purse, but it will help pay rent next month! Check out my race report which will be posted soon to get all the details from race day.