A Recovery Night
Last night I didn’t do too much in the training department, just 10 minutes of calisthenics. My wife had a hard day at work and could tell she wanted companionship. We ended up spending a couple hours doing some light shopping which seemed to regenerate her :-)
I ate a little more yesterday (meat) which resulted in gaining a pound back, but this is normal for me, I know that it will be back off when I run tonight. I have learned not to get excited with the daily fluctuations in weight, I judge my weight loss on what I weigh on Tuesday mornings (Monday’s are almost always higher). The rest of the week I weigh myself everyday so I know if I have to adjust my eating, but I don’t break into a panic if the weight goes up from one day to another (usually).
I have started to review various marathon/ultra training plans, as well as the ones I have previously used trying to decide if I need to change anything. I think I am going to stick with just 3-4 running days a week for the first event in 2007 (January or March). As these first events are greatly effected by the cold weather I am not looking at setting any records anyway, they will be more or less training runs. I will start picking up the training level when warm weather sets in again in the spring. Winter will be mainly about keeping a good running base and getting used to long runs on asphalt, the latter a necessary evil as most German races consist of a large share of pavement.