Quad Rock training week three
Week three had some good workouts and social running.
12 hours, 9 minutes all training
23.9 miles running
3,268 ft D+ running
Yoga on Monday, as usual. Hill sprints Tuesday on a moderately steep dirt ramp at Pineridge Open Space. Elliptical spin and sets of back squats on Thursday. A long easy bike ride Friday.
Saturday, yesterday, I went for a long run in the snow at Horsetooth Mountain with friends. I kept it super easy until the last mile and a half, when I jumped onto a train of younger, faster runners who were coming down from a different route.
Today my legs felt great, and I took a new pair of NNormal Kjerags to the dry trails at Maxwell Open Space for a test drive. I think these could be my Quad Rock shoes. They're very light (my lightest trail shoes by 50 grams per shoe) and fit me well. I felt secure going quickly on rocky technical sections of the trails, where I did not in the Tecton X 3 that I wore last week.
My left hamstring feels 100 percent today, so I'm looking forward to two full sessions of hill sprints next week. I had some knee swelling early in the week, but it subsided before the week. My only pain point at the moment is an arthritis flare-up in my left shoulder. I'm taking ibuprofen at bedtime and hoping that it doesn't spread to my knees.