Training Rundown: 4/12-5/2

Humpday! I’m collecting the past three weeks of training into one recap because I’ve been slacking (being completely honest over here). I really enjoyed my break from work over my birthday and just getting back into the swing of things (I.e. need to continue to list things on eBay & pare down all the things we never use before our closing date at the end of June). The transition from my marathon to now hasn’t been anything crazy, but it has been gradual.

Total Run Mileage each week: 21.25 , 35.19, 38.19

Longest Run: 13.36 (2.5 hrs)

Average Runs Per Week: 5

Total Miles Biked: 21.11

Total Swam: 3,007 yds

I focused mainly on really good nutrition and adding in walk breaks to my runs to transition from my marathon back into ultra training. I think it’s important to focus on recovery after any sort of race/big training and sleep is also a part of that. Sleep is certainly hard to come by when I’m switching between day/night schedules at the hospital, but I’ve been trying so hard to make that my number one priority.

-How do you transition from races back into training? What do you like to focus on?