Recovery week #5 went fine. I have not only finished my 41 miles with no issue, but I had a rather strong medium long run (12 miles) at an 8:00 min/mile average pace. Well, maybe not exactly entirely voluntarily: The group was very fast, and the slowest runners were still going a bit too fast. When I turned around at mile 6 (most people went on), I slowed a little but not that much. From mile 7.8 to 10.5 the course in constant uphill, which added to the challenge (fun).

I guess I am officially recovered. In fact after a bit of slacking (no running at all on the first week after the marathon), I did the 70-mile schedule recovery to build mileage faster and stronger. I got a bad cold on week #2, so I skipped 5 days, but then I continued the recovery without any adjustment.

I have a week before starting the schedule for the KDF, but if I really want to do the 18/70, even Pfitzinger says that I should have run at least 45 miles the week before, and a long run that is close to the first long run. (But then why does the recovery end at 41 MPW/12 miles?)  So no workouts, but I'll need a longer week.

Transition week:

Keep it simple. ~6.5 miles/day for 5 days, plus a 14-mile long run. Since Saturday is forced rest, I'll run every day. Long run will happen based on vacation schedule, because we'll be in Maine.

The rest of the schedule:

12/22: Week -17

12/29: Week -16

1/5: Week -15

1/12: Week -14

1/19: Week -13

1/26: Week -12

2/2: Week -11

2/9: Week -10

2/16: Week -9

2/23: Week -8

3/2: Week -7

3/9: Week -6

3/16: Week -5

3/23: Week -4

3/30: Week -3

4/6: Week -2

4/13: Week -1

4/20: Race week