Road to Valencia - Part 10 ๐
Intro
This is an ongoing series of how I'm preparing for the marathon of Valencia, taking place on Dec 7th. I'm using Stryd to train for this event based on running power, a metric I have found very useful for the past years.
I'm ramping up my fitness, hope to finish somewhere around 3h10 / 3h15.
Read my introduction post here or check out the full series.
Week 9 training schedule
- Mon: Rest
- Tue: 60min 4x6min intervals
- Wed: 45min recovery
- Thu:
65min 2x17min30 intervals - Fri:
40min recovery - Sat:
50min recovery with strides - Sun:
150min long run
Distance: 16km
Week 9 review
Overall feeling: Sick ๐ค
I should have seen it coming. Week 8 went pretty good and easy but my HRV was dropping at the end of week. It was already lower than expected on Sunday, before my long run, explaining why it felt much harder afterwards. Likely my nervous system was already recovered from the sickness of the week before, while my body wasn't.ย
The HRV decline and feeling continued at the start of the week, with not feeling great on Monday and Tuesday. Thinking I was ok on Wednesday, I went out for intervals, and while I did manage to remain withing the threshold, I had more difficulties to achieve this. I did a short recovery run on Thursday, but cut it short as it didn't feel good. From that point on, I knew I couldn't continue running, and rest and recovery were much needed. I tried to sleep and relax as much as possible, feeling much better by Sunday. I was thinking on going out for a run, but decided skipping it, to ensure I would be completely recovered for the running of this week and what's to come afterwards.
It's not easy to hit the break when you're training for something. But if there's one thing I learned from the past experiences is that it's sometimes better to add an extra day of rest, instead of forcing things with another run.
Additional training, tools & comments
I tried focusing on some breathing exercises, however, when I'm not feeling well I seem to drop everything I've been focusing on before.
This week
Week 10 training schedule
- Mon: Rest
- Tue: 60min 5x3min intervals
- Wed: 45min recovery
- Thu: 65min 2x17min30 intervals
- Fri: 45min recovery
- Sat: 50min recovery with strides
- Sun: 160min long run
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