Day off. Over the weekend I started transferring my old Polar calendar data to the Blog, so that I have a complete training and racing record in one place. So far I've completed 2003, including race reports from doing the LDR circuit. I'll try to do 2004 and 2005 when I have time. It's funny how much I can remember about each race, as I fill out the reports over 3 years later. Having done 2003, I'm amazed at how bad and haphazard my training was back then. I would literally jump from 70 miles to 100 miles in a one week span. I could get away with than then, but it's the kind of thing that got me injured this year. I've learned. Also, I did a total of about 6 speed sessions that entire summer. So really no workouts aside from racing. I had no plan and no training program, but had good health and a bit of speed left over from college. Now I have a solid training program and wisdom, but just need the body and health to support what's in my head. Need to get the speed back too. I also devised my weekly mileage build-up for the next several months. In general I will follow the "no more than 10%" rule and make it a slow build-up. Here it is: Remaining weeks of Oct: 23, 25, 27 Nov: 30, 33, 36, 40 Dec: 44, 48, 48, 50 Jan: 53, 55, 60, 60, 63 We'll see how that goes. Those numbers are based on 5 days of running until early December, and then 6 days of running after that. Of course I can't plan setbacks or illness, but I've found that it's good to map out how much I need to run each day, and actually make a daily calendar that I can refer to. That way I don't go overboard. | 