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Training Log: October 21 to 27

Upping the mileage this week was one hell of a test for my legs and whole body! I went harder pretty much across the board... faster paces, longer miles, harder effort during my cross training. Feeling a bit exhausted and crampy now, but hey, no pain no gain?

I did not get a photo of my meal prep for all of you, unfortunately, but that’s mostly because it was... pretty messy food? Aside from my breakfast, which is pictured above!

Anyways, the good stuff...

Meal Prep

Breakfast - baked honey oatmeal banana bars + plain skyr + fruit + peanut butter + coffee (and the occasional cookie with my coffee)

Lunch - monterey jack stuffed beef patties with whole wheat bread and romaine lettuce

Dinner - pork back ribs with homemade sauce + baked potatoes + sautéed carrots

Snacks - cheese with crackers, clif bars, chocolate, fig bars, apples, oranges

Pre-Workout Snack - some variation of caffeinated dark chocolate + banana + mint oreos + cinnamon raisin bread

October 21 - Trail Tours! 6.8 km test run + 7.1 km to lead the group.

I was definitely feeling the exhaustion by the start of the second run. These back to back long runs and trail tours are gonna be tough going into longer distances buuuuut also really good for building up my endurance.

October 22 - Rest Day

Felt glorious! Spent most of it in the lab sitting down, unfortunately, so didn’t get to stretch as much as I would have liked, but definitely what I needed.

October 23 - Bouldering

Conquered a couple of tough boulder problems that had been bugging me the entire month, so that was great! I can definitely feel myself improving a little each time I go practice.

October 24 - 2 x Hawrelak Loop

So the original plan was to use the 2 km loop in the park near campus to do four speed intervals, progressively getting faster; however, being on the opposite side of campus makes it a whole lot further than I thought. Cut it down to 2 laps and went back the long way on a big hill. Made some changes to the plan to fit that.

October 25 - Swimming

Added an extra interval of 10 laps to what I did last week. Felt so much better swimming this week, it’s crazy how much easier it already feels.

October 26 - Climbing Class

SO I HAVE GOTTEN A LOT BETTER AT TOP ROPE. Last class I thought I would be having difficult with 5.6/5.7 routes (as per the Yosemite Decimal System) but I breezed through those. Tried a 5.8 route but even that proved pretty doable. So now, my new project is a 5.9 route. Started it near the end of class and it’s safe to say it was definitely a tough one for me, but I have some ideas about how to finish it up next week.

October 27 - 12 mi trails

Although crampy, it definitely feels GREAT to be approaching that 20 km zone again. It has been far too long and I’m yearning for those long runs again. Did a speedy little loop through some single tracks to start off (something I might be using for a little project of mine...) and then headed back out to check out some trails I hadn’t run in a while. Set some new PRs for them, feels especially good to be holding down 4th place on Gnome Trail.