AM: 78F, 86%. 15 @ 8:11 AP. I set out to do 20 this morning but determined pretty early on that I would be cutting it short. I decided to run the last 2 miles hard to make up for it (6:42, 6:18) but I'm definitely ok with 165 miles in 10 days.
So I don't know if this supercompensation theory is legit or not but at the very least, it's keeping my average volume up despite the fact that I won't be able to run for 4-5 days, so I don't have to feel bad about my upcoming period of extreme inactivity. It also was good to train myself to plod around on legs that feel about twice as heavy as usual. I often imagined myself in mile 40 of my upcoming ultra and wondered if that's how it would feel. I bet it'll be much worse.
And I think I did it all without overtraining - still had normal energy at work, home, etc. Another week of this and I think it would've been too much for me, as the sleep deficit grows bit by bit and today kinda showed me I didn't have the legs for much more either. It would be interesting to try this in the winter and see if recovery is easier.
Alright - let the healing begin!
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