Today I ran my long run two days early because we will not be able to run Saturday morning. "Only" 14 miles, fewer than the 16 miles I ran Saturday, yet my legs feel absolutely shredded. This came as something or a surprise because I survived my 8 miles of hills Tuesday relatively unscathed and had a "rest" day yesterday (i.e., going to the gym, scrubbing patios and sidewalks on my hands and knees with Clorox, mowing the lawn, etc. all day).
Then I got my calculator out and did the math. Including last Saturday, during a period of five days, I had run a total of
42 miles. That's a lot of miles, for me, at this point in the training plan.
So I am reminded of a lesson that I learned the hard way years ago - it's not so much miles in a calendar week as it is cumulative miles over a period of days that has an impact on the body. The adding machine does not lie.
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