Bear training week 17 recap

I didn't do a lot of running in week 17, but none of it was flat. I did a solid uphill treadmill run on Thursday and a hot trail run at Lory State Park on Saturday.

• 12.8 miles running

• 10 hours, 40 minutes all training

• 3,667 ft D+ running

In addition to those two runs, I did a hard elliptical workout and rode a bike three days. I did some weight training at home and at the gym, and did two sauna sessions. I'm trying to do 2-3 20-minute sessions a week in June to get ready for potentially hot weather at Never Summer. Andrew Huberman has a nice long podcast episode about the science of deliberate heat exposure that I found super interesting. If you haven't heard it, it's well worth a listen.

I went out for 2.5 hours in sunny 30 °C conditions yesterday and felt warm, but okay. The modest amount of heat training that I've been doing seems to be working. I'm going to stick with passive heating in the sauna a few times a week and one hot run every week. As much as I enjoy hearing about David Roche's extreme heat traing regimen, I won't be buying a heat suit or core temperature sensor.

Like I said last week, I've found it hard to adapt to downhill running when I'm not doing much downhill running. Today my quads are quite sore after yesterday's three miles of steep descents. I need to do more, that's all there is to it!