I really enjoy running in the rain. It reminds me of growing up in Northern California. Of course, running in the rain there didn't necessarily involve extra gear to keep warm.
Today, it was cold and wet, but the ice has melted so I headed out to run the "Virginia Loop" up City Creek Canyon and around to 11th Avenue down to Virginia Street and back to the office. My legs felt a little tight, but they loosened up quickly. There were a couple of faster miles, but it was still an easy pace - just some fast downhill running. The good news is that I am starting to notice that I can maintain a faster pace with less effort.
My plan for this week is to run 38 miles. This is the third week of mileage gains, so next week will be a reduced workload. I hope to run 5 days with varying distances of 7, 4, 8, 7, and 12 miles. I don't intend to do anything fast, but I may do a few marathon pace miles. As I was planning for this year I thought I would only be able to fit 40 miles a week into my schedule, but I am rethinking that plan. I would really like to get up to 60 miles a week before my first road race at the end of July. My new plan is to increase mileage by 2 miles per week for 3 successive weeks, and then do a recovery week at about 75% of my average for the three weeks. I would welcome comments about this plan, especially from anybody that has experience going from a relatively light workload of 25-30 miles per week to 60+ miles per week.
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