Ahh, first post in quite some time. I never really got back to running until about a month ago, so I wanted to make sure I was going to have some consistency before I started posting again.
So my last 4 weeks prior to this one have gone like this: 24 miles, 23.5 miles, 25 miles (10 mile LR), and 16.6 miles (zero LR b/c of Luke's BD). I finished up this week with 31.1 miles including today's 12 mile LR. I crashed today at about mile 7 and ended up walking about 1/2 total during the last 5.
This is by far the quickest I have ramped up my weekly mileage, ever, so something has obviously got me motivated. (I actually believe all motivation is internal but still something sparked my inner motivation.) I read the book Ultra Marathon Man by Dean Karnazes then followed that up w/ Running for My Life by Ray Zahab. Both books by Ultra Marathoners. I've never been a long distance runner before, but like I said, something sparked. So I've found some long distance trail runs that I am going to train for. I have laid them out in my training calender progressively, each one longer than the previous one. I started with a 6.5 mile trail run two weeks ago. My next one is a 12 miler in a week. Ultimately, the plan is to run an Ultra Marathon (50k trail run) this year then try to train for a 100 miler in the spring. The ultimate goal is to push myself to accomplish something far and away harder than anything I would have ever thought possible for myself.
Can I do a 100 miler? Unquestionably no. But I can run 12 miles next week. After that I feel certain I can run 17.5 miles at Big South Fork at the end of September. And if I can run 17 miles in September, surely I can double that in two months at the Winter Trail 50k. And if I can run 31 miles in November why not 100 four months later? That's my progression. Small or large attainable chunks at a time. I'm 40 now, so the big key is making sure no injuries creep in.
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