I followed the Sturgeon General’s advice and went for a time trial! My training week went as follows:
While on vacation:
Monday: 2x(5x300) in 53-54 with walk back recovery, 2 min between sets
Tuesday: hilly 12 km.
Wednesday: off (had run 6 days straight prior, so rest day it was)
Thursday: 25 min hilly tempo
Friday: 5 km easy, 8x30s hills with walk jog down recovery
Back at home
Saturday: 45 min easy
Sunday: 3 km warm-up, drills, and 1200m TT in 3:46 wearing spikes in cold 0° C conditions with light wind. First lap was super slow at 1:19 so picked up the pace for the rest and was all out for the last ~150m.
Went XC skate skiing a couple hours later to enjoy the awesome snow my area got, as I don’t know when I’ll be back again and if the snow will last.
Notes: I can’t complain about my time for this time of year, considering I’ve been focusing on aerobic development since I started training again seriously in the autumn, without any typical miler sessions except for the 300s and 2 sessions of 12x200 in the past 3 months. I was on vacation last week and had only hilly terrain available but in a beautiful area. The sessions were all started within 1 hour of waking up and were followed by lots of walking, with the exception of Friday (evening).
I was successfully operated today and will get the good or bad news within a week. Regardless, I’m fired up and looking forward to being healthy again and getting back to running and skiing!
Thank you all for your support and wish you the best with your goals, running-related or not!