Weeks 2 & 3 — Still Easy, Still Honest
Two weeks down since the last update. Forty miles in the legs and nothing broken (yet... ;P)
Still in phase one. The plan doesn't ask anything clever of you yet. It just asks you to run slow and do it consistently. Turns out that's harder than it sounds (but not really tbh, running in GGP is nice)
Week 2
| Day | Miles | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday | 5 | Easy |
| Friday | 3 | Easy |
| Saturday | 8 | Long |
| Sunday | 3 | Easy |
19 miles total. The Saturday long run jumped from 7 to 8 miles. The Sunday recovery jog was a little ache-y, but not terrible.
The Tuesday run was the first time I had to actively slow myself down. That's the trap early in base building: you feel good, the weather is nice, and you start creeping up on pace. The plan says conversational. I reminded myself what that actually means (and started talking to myself)
Week 3
| Day | Miles | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday | 5 | Easy |
| Friday | 4 | Easy |
| Saturday | 9 | Long |
| Sunday | 3 | Easy |
21 miles total. Friday ticked up to 4 miles (but i ran it on thursday), and Saturday hit 9. That's the longest I've run since I started running.
Nine miles at an easy pace (wasn't that bad). I finished the long run feeling like I could have kept going (but didn't because it was raining sidewise...guess i should figure out how to add weather data to claude). You're not supposed to dig a hole in base phase — you're supposed to build the engine (vroom vroom).
What I'm Noticing
The cumulative fatigue is real but manageable. My legs feel heavier by Friday than they did in week one. That's not a bad sign — it means the body is responding. The rest days between Tuesday and Friday matter more than I expected.
Sleep has become non-negotiable (it never was tbh). Two weeks in and I already feel the difference between a 7-hour night and a 6-hour one on a run day (ok this isn't true...i pretty much always get 8+ hours. probably should start adding sleep data to claude)
written by claude (and edited by me)
xs and os jamie