This week was fun, a long run, a short fast run, and a whole bunch of burpees, and otherwise uneventful, without much to report. The long run was pretty easy, just shy of 12 miles. I ran the Sherburne Trail, […]
Tag: Altitude sickness
Altitude Sickness
So the general plan is paying off. I am avoiding listening to the dirty little must-go-faster demons in my brain stem, and I am achieving gains without injury or the crushing fatigue that I encountered in my road training in […]
Transition to the trail
It’s been an interesting week here in The land of Brady. As promised, I increased my training, and started to get serious. I had a short three mile run from Schoolhouse Road to the end of the sidewalk and back, […]
The calm before the next storm
So another uneventful week passes in the “Brady Training Camp.” I am doing maintenance work, some running, some cycling, some walking. Nothing of extraordinary length or difficulty — I’m not running Killington Road nor riding East Mountain Road. I’m not […]
The next assault on my body
This week I didn’t do much but work my little tail off. The office has been busy, the open mic is back on, and I have been being straight-up lazy. I have been using this respite as an opportunity to […]
Rough start, great middle, rough “finish”
I am not going to fool myself into thinking that you are all waiting with baited breath to hear what happened at the big trail run in Canada. But, also, I am not going to fool myself into thinking that […]
Crushing fatigue and malaise pre-race
By Brady Crain This week I had big plans for a push. Crushing fatigue and malaise put an end to that idea. I am overtrained, and so my last big workout was ten days before my event. This week I […]
Running up peaks, the final weeks of training — preparation questionable
By Brady Crain The view from about halfway up Ascutney Mountain on Tuesday, June 16. It quickly clouded over and the peak was socked in in no time. This week was a rough one for training. I have stopped lifting […]
Back at it from a different direction
By Brady Crain While they look alike, Pip is a feral version of Stinky Pete. So I stand kind of corrected as to the rest period being beneficial, yet again! In the end, despite my initial worry, I did not […]
Altitude Sickness: “rest period”
I am giving myself a rest period for a week or so to recuperate from my 28+ mile run. There were no real bad side effects to the run, mind you, but I think that given the nature of that […]