Training Log Archive: lorrieq

Feeling pretty good after yesterday, some tightness inside of right knee and fatigue in quads on downhills and glutes on uphills. 60km week is a milestone.

Fuensanta - Los Foces del río Pendón - Las Praeres - Sierra de Peñamayor - Fuensanta

I had this in my mind during the week but had almost decided against it on Friday as I felt tired and not that well after some wine the night before. But got a good sleep Friday and felt up for it in the morning.

A nice route linking up two areas I've been hiking around. Lots of people at the beginning in Los Foces del río Pendón, popular walking trail, not ideal as it was single track. Then quieter up higher with just the odd walker or rural house.

Felt pretty good throughout, a little tired from 2.5 hours and did get some lower back pain in the final downhill. Not too bad but something I will need to address for runs like this or longer. I'll focus on lumbar mobility for the next few weeks but I think a lot of it is just strengthening the core. Quads and hips a good sore towards the end too. Legs sluggish on the climbs after ~1000m of climb. I think the final downhill was a summit finish in La Vuelta 2018 (stage 14). I didn't notice running down it but I looked behind me a few times as I went and the road is bloody steep, couldn't imagine cycling up it.

This run was probably pushing it a bit at the moment but I've been feeling good and wanted to see how the body would react. Pretty pleased that everything felt good other than the back pain.

Lower strength, feel this is the first time I did the full session and where before I was pretty sore, today I felt fairly fine after

With the dogs. Happy days

20 short hill sprints

Steady state with Jackson. Feeling good and flowy. Some tightness outside of right calf, right foot good. Feelings last week and this run feel like a step up.

Just noticed the last 7 days are at 66km. Wow, that's nice. Last week 54km and plan for this week 59km so caught my eye.