Postpartum training, week 9

July 21 - 27

For context, see Postpartum training - intro  

Goals

Recover smart from Mefjellet up and enjoy the mountains!

I spent this week in Norddal, on the beautiful, brutally steep west coast of Norway with my family. I decided to do a long run focused week, which with my meager running base is still fairly limited mileage. The locale also meant I got more vert that usual.

Highlights

I got to do Kallskaregga, a steep, 12 km loop traverse that is one of my favorite runs! I was pleased to get it done in 2 1/2 hours, which is how long it usually takes me - my base fitness is still there even if the top end is a bit slower.

A selfie highlighting the Kallskaregga ridge

With will babysitters (my husband's parents), Audun and I got out for a cycling date out to beautiful Kilsti. I feel so privileged to carve out this time with him, as it's obviously not a given with a 9 week old and 3 year old!

Fjord to mountain view on a road bike ride with Audun

Lowlights

Not much to complain about this week except sore quads from all the vert and it was maybe a tad too hot - luckily there were plenty of opportunities to swim!

Morning swim with Ellen and Zorro

Training summary

Run: 4h30min / 30.5 km

Two 1-hour runs + a long run of 2.5 hours over Kallskaregga. No aches or pains to speak of, hurray!

Hiking: 36min / 2.2 km

One family hike that I logged

Cycling: 3h58min / 77.7 km

Strength: A light core session I didn't log - I didn't do great at strength training this week but will pick it up when I'm back home and can go to the gym again.

Yoga: Some light stretching I didn't log