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. 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 on to a train of 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 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. My only pain point 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.