5/12-5/19

Weather has been the real story the past couple of weeks.  The last 2 weekends have been rainy.  Unfortunately that has kept me off the trails for my long runs.  I logged a bit over 54 miles this week which is good.  I will try to log 50+ miles this week before heading up to Grand Junction with the family for Memorial Day.

I plan on increasing mileage to 60+/wk in June and 70/wk in July.  The June goal should be easy to achieve with 2 50k's and a long weekend in Silverton.  July will require some creativity.  There have been some trips I have had on my radar for some time.  I hope to knock a few of them out.

All this running is tough on the family.  I'm lucky they are so supportive but this type of training is demanding on time and energies.  I'm trying my best to be around as much as I can but it won't be easy as the summer rolls on.  I know that they are making as big a sacrifice as I am for this race.  It is also a motivation not to let them down.  I feel lucky and also a bit guilty.  They should give buckles to the families of finishers at some of these races.

The hip has remained tight but manageable for the mileage I am doing.  I know I need to get it worked out soon though.  I can't expect to have productive races with the hip remaining the same.  Rolling and stretching have made a great difference.  I have been sneaking into a conference room at lunch to work on core training and stretching.  Diet has been great.  Hopefully a little adjustment can get things right again.

Good luck to Tim F next week with his 2nd 50 miler in 5 weeks.  It exhausting just following your training!