Clustered Training and Gorgeous Weather
Welcome to October! This week was the last week of September, and my second week of training for my triple thread of upcoming runs. My training mash up of clustered runs and long runs is working out okay. I'm more sore than usual, but I am choosing to believe that means it's working. If it were easy, I'd be wondering why I haven't stepped it up before. Last week I tried a few new or unusual (for me) things. I ran four days in a row. My normal routine always includes a day off between runs, just because I'm slow at recovery and have a tendency toward chronic issues if I overdo it. I'm the Queen of Overdoing, so my moderation policy has been one I've deliberately ingrained. It's fun throwing that out the window and embracing my Overdone nature once again! In addition to clustering my runs, I also got up before the sunrise and ran with a few of the ladies who will be on my Ragnar Napa Team. My policy of "No Run Before the Sun" has...