I decided to start training for the 2013 AC100 after the experience of working the finish line at the 2012 AC100, and upon reflecting on Ken Hamada's advice to me, essentially, "do what you love to do while you still can (and quit making excuses)".
Here is how the first few months went- before I switched to minimalist foot ware, changed my running style and sorted out how to train to avoid calf injuries. I got a fairly decent 40 mile per week base but was frequenty injured.
No mileage logged between March and July 23.
July 27: Week total 21 miles. 4/3/5/4/5
Aug 5: Week total 28 miles. 5/5/4/4/4/6
Aug 12: Week total 9 miles. (Travel)
Aug 19: Week total 5 miles. Pinged left gastroc during run on 8/13
Aug 26: Week total 10 miles. 3/4/3. Travelled to Thailand on 8/27
Sept 2: Week total 3 miles (Treadmill)- Thailand
Sept 9: Week total: 24 miles 5/5/6 (all on Treadmill in Thailand)/returned to Pasadena- 8
9/16 Week total: 36 miles. 4/4/4/0/5/13/6.2
9/23 Week total 40 miles. 5/4/5/5/15/6.2
9/30 Week total 42 miles. 4/5/5/5/16.6/6.5
10/7 Week total 32 miles. 5/5/0/5/5/12.5 intentional lower mileage week
10/14 Week total 44 miles. Long run 19.7mi, Mt Wilson. 0/5/5/7.3/0/19.7* knees HURT/5
10/21 Week total 40 miles. Long run 18. 6/6/6/0/18/4. Patellar tendon pain, patellar border pain.
10/28 Week total 23 miles. 0/0/6/5/6 knee pain all week! / 6 *pulled left hamstring on run/mtn bike ride
11/4 Week total 7 miles. 0/1 * reinjured hamstring 1 mile into run/mtn bike/0/mtn bike/ 6mi run slow
11/11 Week total 41.6 miles. long run 13.5mi. 5/0/6/5/6/13.5/6.1
11/18 Week total 41.2 miles. Long run 10 mi. 0/6/6/5/6.2/8/10 last 2 runs at Joshua Tree on climbing outing
11/25 Week total 41.4 miles. Long run 20 mi Verdugos. 0/6.2/5/6/bike/20/4.2
12/2 Week total 45 miles, long run 18 miles Chantry 0/6 *minor calf strain/bike/6/6/18/9
12/9 Week total 44 miles, long run 20 miles Chantry 0/6/6/6.2/6/0/20* Knee pain
12/16 Week total 6 miles. 0/0.5 * right calf strain/bike/6/ 0.25 * calf strain/Mtn bike/Mtn bike
12/23 Week total 17 miles. 0/6/0/6/5*reinjured rt calf/bike/bike
12/31 Week (8 day) total 27 miles, log run 20 Brown mtn and Arroyo. 0/bike/0/bike//0/6.2/bike/20.25
0n Jan. 2 2013 I pinged right calf after 3 miles on a flat neighborhood run. At this point I stopped and re-evaluated everything about my running.
Pete Sercel's ultrarunning training blog --my experience with running injury prevention and recovery, and training for the Angeles Crest 100.
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