Bacon Weekly

Mon- off
Tues- 4 Miles Hill Sprints, 1 mile wu, 1.5 miles 6 hill sprints at 6:30 pace, .5 cool down
Wed- 4 miles @ 9:39 pace, a.m. 35 degrees
Thurs- 7 miles @ 9:57 pace, 38 degrees
Fri- off
Sat- 3 miles @ 8:54 pace, afternoon 55 degrees
Sun- 20 miles @ 10:14 pace, afternoon 60 degrees (3 hours 24 minutes)

Had a tough travel week with early a.m. (4:30) trips on Monday and Tuesday and that caused the worst hill sprint day of my running career...bad attitude, bad mood, etc. Probably should have skipped and opted for the rest, but didn't...will switch for a non qaulity run the next time and go for the rest. My wife has been great in allowing me the rest too cause she let me get it in the next 2 days and made for a nice mid week mental and physical change from the weeks start. Ended the week with a new long run for me at 20 miles....had my sub 4 hour pace through about mile 15; then reality sets in the legs and forces my pace slower...took another gel and brought it back up, but wow...brutal...you really dont get an appreciation for this volume until you're there, so it makes me appreciate what Dino, Karl, and Mark have already done....will likely be revising my goal time now too.... took 2 powergels, 1 powerbar, 96 oz Gatorade for the entire run...1 gel at 45 minutes, 1 bar at 1:45 minutes, another gel at 2:45 minutes, and basically a couple of sips every 10 minutes..... 2880 calories burned....recovery went well tonight...legs sore...mental recovery very good....I did say that this was stupid at mile 18 and was pissed the last 2 miles...I was punished...(smiling now)