Trail run https://lindseyhein.com Tue, 14 Jan 2014 12:10:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Week 1 – Mohican 50 https://lindseyhein.com/2014/01/14/week-1-mohican-50/ https://lindseyhein.com/2014/01/14/week-1-mohican-50/#comments Tue, 14 Jan 2014 12:10:00 +0000 http://outforaruntraining.com/2014/01/14/week-1-mohican-50/ more »]]> Back on the grind. Better start talking again. Since we last talked in November not much has happened….Thanksgiving, Tecumseh was snowed out, I ran, Christmas, ran some more, took some time off, went vegetarian, ran, etc. You get the idea.

This past week marked the official start of my new training cycle for the Mohican 50 Ultra. I decided on this race for a couple of reasons: 
1) I really didn’t want to train for another marathon, at least not yet. 
2) A new challenge has me excited to train 
3) Mohican has been doing this for 25+ years so it should be a great race. 
4) Its drivable from Indy.
A lot of my thought process centered around the first two points above. Coming off last fall, I have had very little desire to race a marathon again. Last summer and fall was a grind. Granted, I ended up PR’ing but not in a way that I was prepared for or wanted. I need a new challenge. Mohican is it. It’s perfect.
Since Monumental, I’ve been running but really with no structure or scheduled workouts. I was maintaing some fitness as I had planned on running the Tecumseh Trail in early December but a snow storm that dumped over 10” of snow in Monroe and Brown County put a damper on that race happening. It was the right call to cancel…we were in Bloomington for the race and it was dangerous to drive around in town let alone trying to get out to Yellowwood or Morgan Monroe. It would have been a nightmare.
That same day, some runner’s knee that had been bothering me really flared up. It got so bad that I had to walk in the last two miles of an 11 mile run with Lindsey….so maybe the snowstorm was a blessing in disguise. I’d much rather get caught in town then in the middle of the woods with an injury.
I was not overly concerned about the knee. I figured a little time off and some icing and I’d be set. Fast forward two weeks later and I was ready to go again. Runner’s knee is funny…it is really just some inflammation on the knee and there really isn’t much to do for it besides ice and keeping the knee used to running without running too much that it becomes painful and then just gradually expanding the time or distance that you run. Also important to keep your IT band and Quads in check. 
It bothered me a little bit from first couple of runs back and then one day gone. Just gone. Like it never happened.
Back to the training log, since things have been pretty unstructured and lower mileage of late I am easing into Mohican training slowly. If I had to guess I would say my mileage since Monumental has been in the 35-40 mile range per week…just maintenance running and allowing my body time to rest.
Week 0 – really a week I used to get used to structure again coming off the 10 days for my knee and prepping for Mohican training.
Miles – 43
Runs – 5
No real workouts
Week 1
Miles – 53
Runs – 6
2 or 3ish workouts

Monday – Rest Day
End of the world snow storm and I needed a rest day anyway.
Tuesday – 8 miles
7:10 pace
It was stupid cold outside…like really cold. Like -40*F with the wind chill cold. This along with a foot of snow made a real easy decision to run inside.
Wednesday – 8 miles hills

7:18 paceAbout 1,000 ft of climbing. Mohican is real hilly so I am going to be doing this a lot.

Thursday – 7 miles
7:05 pace
Easy light progression run. Started around 8:00 and worked my way down to 6:00 at the end. Most of the “harder” running came in the last 2 miles. Easing back into the structured running routine with stress workouts very slowly. Not trying to rush anything in this cycle.

Friday – 8 Miles
7:10 pace
Easy running. I need to slow down my easy days…but this felt comfortable.

Saturday – 12 Miles
6:48 pace
Steady state to progression to fast finish. Continue to sprinkle in some stress work. Just cause I’m going long this year doesn’t mean I don’t get to run hard. 6:50 down to 6:00 over the last four miles. I have a lot of work to do. Felt good though to ran hard.

Sunday – 10 Miles
7:28 Pace
Recovery/Easy miles by myself and with the dog. Getting used to running “long” back to back days on the weekend.

Overall, I’m happy with how the week went. It feels good to be really training again…granted I’m easing back into it but it feels good. My current plan is to peak my mileage somewhere around 80-90 miles a week. This should be a manageable increase from the fall where I peaked at about 78 for a couple weeks. I think I am going to focus on slowing down some of my easy runs this cycle so I can really nail some of the harder long runs and stress workouts that I have. I need to get used to being on my feet more anyway.

Any new goals for 2014? 

Going long in 2014? 

Ultra advice? 

How’s the training going?
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Chicago Marathon – Cycle 3: Weeks 5 & 6


  • 96 Miles
  • 3 Quality workouts
  • 1 race
  • 13 runs

This past cycle was a bit of mixed bag for me, it started out strong, got a little shaky in the middle and finished pretty well.

In the weeks leading up to this cycle and during the beginning of this cycle, I was grinding hard. I was feeling strong and running more then my hamstring wanted but it wasn’t flaring up so I kept pushing.  I was chasing miles. Week 5 started strong, I had two good workouts, a solid tempo and a Lactic Threshold (LT) Repeat workout. The LT workout was a killer…it was 4×9 minutes at 5:52 with a two minute rest. It was tough and I felt good and strong. Then came Friday the 26th…it was an easy run following a tough workout on Thursday and something didn’t feel right. It was the hamstring.

I was mad. I was made at my leg, the situation, the foam roller, etc…but mainly myself. I was mad that I was not smarter in my own training. I talk to our athletes all the time about listening to their body and not being afraid/scared of taking days off when the need arises and what did I do…I didn’t plan smartly I chased miles and was lying on the ground foam rolling wondering…did I do it again? Is this going to be a problem? When I looked back, I had ran 17 days in a row…that is way too much for my leg!!! I know people can handle it but not me…not now. I need to be smarter. I needed to rest. So the weekend had called for my first 20 mile run. It was not a stress session…it was just going to be an easy 20 but I knew that resting was going to more important than logging those 20 at this point in the training. So I shut it down for the weekend and rested. Saturday nothing. Sunday northing.  42 total miles for the week.


Week 6 was now starting on shaky ground and it was race week. I using racing the Eagle Creek Trail Half on Saturday and wasn’t sure what was going to happen.

I returned to running Monday and Tuesday with some easy miles and the real test came Wednesday. The leg was feeling good so I decided to attempt the workout. 5×1 mile repeats in 5:25-5:30 with 2:00 minutes rest. Woof. That was hard. It took everything in me to get through #5 but I came out the other side and the leg felt strong.  Following some recovery miles that night, I knew it was time to rest the leg again so no running Thursday and some easy miles Friday made for a mini-mini taper for Saturday’s race.

My Race recap explains everything in detail…  it was hard. Real hard. I was happy with the effort though. It essentially was another workout. I took 2nd, won free gear, and got muddy…it was a good hard day. On Sunday, I finished up cycle 3 with 5.5 miles of easy recovery. 54 miles total for the week.

Looking back, I should have seen this coming. I dealt with my hamstring injury for essentially the first 4 months of 2013 and need to be smarter about my running. Even though the injury is gone, if I am not smart it can easily reappear as shown by the end of week 5. The goal is 2:45 at the Chicago Marathon not great training logs. I know that I can get there but only if I am smart.

Going forward I am looking to limit my running to no more than 4/5 consecutive days with at least one day being rest or biking. This will cut down my total miles but it is the right thing for me at this point in my running. My hamstring can’t handle too many 80-90 mile weeks and that is fine. I will reach my goal.

Looking forward, the race kind of threw things off a little. I am pretty beat up so I might need to be move some of the key sessions around for week 7. We’ll see.  Being flexible and persistent are tough things to pull off in tandem.

Have you ever dealt with a nagging hamstring injury?

Do you race when training for your BIG race? If so, how often? 

What’s your weekly mileage peak when marathon training?

]]> https://lindseyhein.com/2013/08/07/chicago-marathon-training-cycle-3/feed/ 3 Week Run Down https://lindseyhein.com/2013/08/04/week-run-down/ https://lindseyhein.com/2013/08/04/week-run-down/#comments Sun, 04 Aug 2013 15:19:00 +0000 http://outforaruntraining.com/2013/08/04/week-run-down/ more »]]> Hey Hey! Ok, this isn’t Glenn’s Eagle Creek race report- not nearly as exciting I’m sure, but a quick post on my little 14 miles yesterday.

My mom agreed to watch Marshall on Saturday AM during Glenn’s race- so I really had not reason to not get my long run in. I didn’t really want to do it- my legs were TIRED.

Coming off Ironman Muncie- I took 2 weeks of recovery. Still working out 6 days a week (what kind of recovery is that crazy?!) BUT, very gentle working out. Seriously it was a recovery. For the mind and body for sure. Just easy, easy stuff.

This past week, I ramped up the running. The original plan was to race the Chicago half September 8th, but I recently realized I have an important celebration on Saturday night, the night before and I don’t think I can miss it. So, I think I’ll be racing the Indy Women’s half instead.

Throughout the 70.3 training, I was running only 3-4 days a week (usually 3) and peaking out around 25 miles. The swim and the bike were the disciplines I focused on more.

This week, I ran 46 miles. For marathon training, that is a low mileage week for me, but after coming off so few miles for so many weeks, months really, my legs are FEELING IT.

So, about those 14 miles. I warmed up 1.5 miles with Glenn before his race started. I saw him off- stood in line at portapotties forever, talked to my friend Lauren who was running the quarter marathon. Naturally, I chatted with her and her husband, along with some Back on My Feet runners and waited to get back into my run until their race started.

I got to 8 miles before I made my way back to watch Glenn get finished. I was out running on random country roads and I kept getting nervous that- 1. I was going to get myself lost. 2. I’d miss him finishing because I was selfishly concerned with my own training run. 3. I’d get raped and murdered by some random scary person hiding in the cornfields I was running by.

After watching Glenn coming in, I hung out and talked to a million people and waited for the award ceremony so I could watch him get his 2ND PLACE award. (Proud wife here).

Basically it had been at least an hour since I’d stopped running. I thought about calling it a day and doing my long run today, but I REALLY wanted this rest day. Like really bad. So I convinced Glenn to do a cool down with me for at least some of the 6 I had left. He ran a mile with me, but legs were feeling beat up from the race, so I took off to get those last darn 5 over with. Talk about dragging out a long run.

It was all good though. When I started the first half of the run after our warm up and once Glenn had started his race, I had no plan on actually doing all 14 yesterday. I can’t believe how tired my legs were. I was running 8:45 miles and heavy breathing. I felt heavy and blah. I was glad to be able to finish the last 5 at a quick pace though.

I generally do not think breaking up the long run is a good idea, but flexibility is key sometimes and honestly, stopping for an hour and starting again is actually harder to do sometimes. Good mental training?

Here’s my rundown of training this week: I have quickly been reminded how much more impact and taxing on your body running is over biking and swimming. No wonder runners get injured so much. While I will always find running to be therapeutic (physically and emotionally), I have to say swimming is more so physically than running might ever be for me. Quality workouts and oh so friendly to the body.

Monday- Run, 8 miles- progression, starting at 8:15, ending at 6:30. Average pace 7:33.

Tuesday – Run, 4 miles, easy 8:24 pace, Swim, 1000 yds, easy

Wednesday–  AM Run- 6 miles, K Repeats. W/U 1 miles, 6 X 1K w/ 2 min rest. Pace for this workout was supposed to hit 5:58-6:02 mile pace, which is 3:42-3:46 per K. The paces I actually hit- 3:42, 3:45, 3:41, 3:49, 3:44, 3:48. (This was tough)

PM Run- Run, 3 Miles Easy- 8:30 pace

Thursday- Run, 4 Miles Easy- 8:00 pace, 1500 Swim (1000 free, 500 w/ some variation of breast, back, kick board and pull buoy)

Friday- Run, 8 Miles Easy- 2 mi w/ Back on My Feet at 10:50 pace, 6 on my own at 8:15 pace

Saturday- Run, 14 miles at 8:04 pace. This run was funny and my splits are all over the place. Here they are… I’m not sure if the same person was really running this. haha.

Mile 1- 8:29 
Mile 2- 8:28 
Mile 3- 8:47 
Mile 4- 8:40 
Mile 5- 8:05 
Mile 6- 8:11 
Mile 7- 8:23 
Mile 8- 8:04 
Mile 9- 9:18 
Mile 10- 7:50 
Mile 11- 7:32 
Mile 12- 6:48 
Mile 13- 6:35 
Mile 14- 7:46

Sunday- REST

Anyway- the exciting post coming up will be Glenn’s race report- this is just my rambling of training. CONGRATULATIONS to him for an amazing 2nd place finish. (You think the guy who won wasn’t wearing big Dr. Dre headphones. BUT he was.)

I hope you all are having a great weekend. It is absolutely amazingly gorgeous out today. I’m excited to chill and just enjoy it. 


Do you ever break up long runs? 

Did you race this weekend? How’d it go?!
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