Training Weeks 2/18-3/10

2/19/13 - Ran my usual 6 mile loop with a .5 mile cooldown.  Ran the loop in 44m
2/20/13 - Ran at the cove; Hi Dee Ho, Brushy mtn fireroad, and 4 gorge.  Did a little extra for 8.25 miles.
2/22/13 - Ran around the Grandin area for 5.5 miles.
2/23/13 - Ran a loop I've wanted to do for awhile and mentally wanted to get away and do something I've never done.  I met up with Jason Captain at the Store at the Peaks of Otter.  We ran the BRP to the trailhead for Falling Water Cascades, then ran Flat Top, made it back to the car, continued on Harkening Hill, and then finished with a climb up the trail to Sharp Top and then back on the Road.  It ended up being 17 miles so we headed out for another 4 miles on the BRP for 21 total.  We got into some snow and ice on each of the peaks.
2/24/13 - Raced the 4th mtn cross event at Falling Creek Park.  Did 6 laps and 11.5 miles.  Missed being able to do a 7th lap by 20 seconds.  These races are fast with very little time to breathe.  It's a constant heart rate spike but good training.
Total for the week; 41.15 miles running and 11.5 mtn biking

2/26/13 - ran my usual 6 mile loop in 44m53s and did a 1.5 mile cooldown.  Legs were heavy from the weekends activity.
2/27/13 - Ran Hi Dee Ho, the fire road to Buck and then the road back to the parking lot for 6.75.
3/1/13 - Rode the Explore Your Limits course to mark it - 6.2
3/2/13 - EYL race.  Didn't do any activity today.  We just crashed from the race. 
3/3/13 - Ran 11.15 miles around Grandin and in Fishburn Park and then later rode 29 miles; up to the parkway, to Vinton and them back.
Total for the week; 25.41 miles running, 6.2 mtn biking, and 29 cycling

3/5/13 - Ran the usual 6 mile loop in 42 min and then did a 1.5 mile cooldown.
3/6/13 - Ran 10 miles in the Grandin area and on the greenway.
3/8/13 - Did a pre mtn bike race loop in Fishburn Park - 6.5 miles
3/9/13 - Raced the Doubleshot in Moore's Spings NC.  This is a two loop 13 mile mtn bike followed by a 13.33 mile road bike ride finishing with a 3k climb up Hanging Rock State Park.  Gina and I rode a little extra on the mtn bike and some to get back to the car.  17.5 mtn biking and 15.5 on the road bike.
3/10/13 - 14.6 miles around Grandin, Fishburn Park, and greenway.
Total for the week; 32.1 miles running, 24 miles on the mtn bike, and 15.5 cycling

I don't usually race this frequently but so far there have been 5 races this year;
One 50k, one 40miler, two mtn cross events, and then the mtn and road bike doubleshot this weekend.  And today, my legs are toast. 

I like to get in 40 miles a week running but the biking forces me off my feet which I think helps decrease injury, helps keep me from getting "runners burnout," and gets in some well needed cross training.  We'll see how it pays off in the next few months.