My first 100 mile week!

I’m not going to say this is high mileage or not, because that’s entirely relative. Elite athletes would say that’s nothing, and your average fitness runner would say it’s crazy.
What I will say is that for me it was a new milestone.
I would like to point out that I did not just randomly decide to run this much one week. I’ve been close for a while now, but I’m not quite so stupid as to exchange my long term goals [or the real results of the mileage!] for a stupid #.
“No one ever won the olive wreath with an impressive training diary,” right?
Still, I’ve been excited to hit the 100mpw mark for a while now. And it was harder than it seemed when I was “so close.” It amazes me how much different it feels than even the 80-90mpw level. Not gonna lie—I’m not in the condition to hold a consistent 100mpw schedule, much less the 100-120 range elite XC runners hold. But I’m getting there. One step at a time. Not doing more than my body can handle, yet pushing myself just hard enough as to what I hope will set me apart as a champion runner.

The next couple weeks are back down around 80. Although I’m still at the peak of my training, I have some races I want to be at least somewhat rested for, and less long runs until September.

Speaking of races—the big CRIM is Saturday! AHH!
While I don’t expect it to be a peak performance type of race, I do hope I can do decent. After all, this is a well-known and important race, with people who matter viewing the results. I’d like it to be a bit better than another training run on a new course!