Weight Training and Race Planning
Last night I help a friend who is moving to a new apartment move some heavy furniture. I finished off this upper body workout by lifting free weights for 15-20 minutes when I got home. This morning I feel the “workout” in my arms and shoulders. Tonight I have an easy run on the schedule, then another one on Friday.
Sunday I plan on running the Northern Black Forest Marathon in Egenhausen, about an hour’s drive from where we live. This is a low key marathon that welcomes runners, walkers, and Nordic walkers. It consists of two hilly loops over diverse trail types ranging from asphalt to gravel to single track forest paths. I want to use this as a practice run for my 80K/50M event coming up in June. So basically I will power walk the uphills and run the rest.
Last year I finished in 4:42:00, this year I’m not setting any time goals as it is more important that I take it slow so I don’t have any interruption in my training plan.
The Westerwald 50K Forest Run
Last year I completed the Westerwald 50K Forest Run as my first 50K event. This year I am also thinking about running the event, which takes place on May 17th. Each year the organizers change the route, trying to keep the trail interesting and challenging. This year I think they have outdone themselves with the latter part, check out the profile (elevation in meters, distance in kilometers):
Comments
Good luck on Sunday, Jack!
I love how you casually mention it. Most folks have everything focused on their upcoming marathon, and you make it sound like you decided on it over dinner last night. :D
As for the Westerwald 50K, it makes my shins hurt just to look at the graph. Ouch!
Posted by: Jon (was) in Michigan | April 18, 2007 1:21 PM
Nice you can run a marathon just with saying, but now that I scrolled down I see you've already ran 80km, when did that happen? I' try to catch that report.
So, what was for dinner today? :D
Posted by: Hilda | April 19, 2007 2:53 AM