Scott McMillan : Endurance Junky

This weekend was my first double long session in several years and I forgot how hard they are and I didn’t even go that long!
Sat 1:38 Hilly, Sunday 1:51 hilly just over 40k for the two days, the other workouts for the week where 2 x 1:10 minutes runs on the trails. This is a key workout for training for long trail races, you basically attempt to simulate running on fatigued legs while pushing a large number of miles into the legs in short time spans. I will try to build my Saturday’s up to 3:30-4 by first week of November followed by a 2-2.5 hour on the Sunday. The race will be a hellish nightmare if I don’t get these runs in. The biggest plus of these back to backs longs is the weight falls of in buckets and we all know that this is the real key to running (good NY Times article on that).