Ep. 210 - Some Thoughts Before My Senior XC Season

I'm just, uh, very happy with my training right now.

I've been running the highest mileage of my life right now, 60s, in the 60s for mileage this entire summer, basically, or at least the last few weeks as I built up to peak mileage.

The entire, in the entirety of August, I've been in the 60s.

And I've, I just felt extremely fit, and I don't wanna, like, call my shot or anything.

I don't wanna be egotistical.

But normally, when it comes to training cycles in the summer and the winter, I have a pretty smooth build, but something always falls apart at the end of my base building phases.

But this has been the most smooth summer I've ever had, and I, I just feel very good right now.

It feels like finally things are clicking.

And again, knock on wood, knock on everything.

Like, I don't wanna jinx anything, but I think my approach to summer training this time around has been very methodical compared to past summers.

I think I'm a lot stronger than I used to be physically, and also aerobically, obviously, I'm stronger, but physically, I'm a lot stronger than I used to be.

And so I think that's, those are all conditions for which I can have a, such a, a great summer build.

On Saturday, I ran my last long run of the summer.