I had a little adventure this morning out at Sutallee. Got in about 12 miles over 2 hours. I forked right at the flagging out on Huckleberry Hill and went down the ridge but eventually came to a road. I thought I finally had the 10-mile course licked. Turned right on the road and went for a mile or so then doubled back. I kept thinking that road would end up at the church but I was running out of time. Eventually I just ran back one of the gulleys and found where the white trail crossed over the gulley, took a left there then it was bout 3 miles back to the parking lot.
Felt a little sluggish today. Had a mini-bonk about 30 minutes in so did a Gu. Bfast was 4 sweet potato cakes and quiche, box of raisins.
You know it's remote when you're still picking cobwebs off after on the drive to work.
It's been a long year of hard training and racing, both on the bike and trail running. Mentally I feel like a need a break at this point although I trained 39 hours in November, my 2nd highest total of the year and most of those hours were of high quality. Physically, I feel pretty fresh still. I feel as though I could just train year around but know that I need some sort of rest period for next year's race season. My training has remained fresh in part because I attained a road bike, which I've ridden about 12 hours so far. It's been a huge boon to my training although I still need to get a proper bike fit done to alleviate neck and knee pain. The training book I'm reading recommends to take a 2-4 week Transition period to let my body and mind recover before moving on to next year's Base phase. Question I'm pondering is when do I begin my Transition period...I feel like I'm in a great groove right now and I'd like to build up my Lactate thresh...