Road to Valencia - Part 2 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 1 Training schedule
- Mon: rest
- Tue: 4x 5min intervals
- Did a 30min recovery as I wasn't feeling too well. - Wed: 40min recovery
- Training of yesterday, 4x 5min intervals, where, although I didn't feel 100% at the start, my body did feel good through all segments. I was even able to remain at the high range of the intervals.ย - Thu: 2x 12min30s intervals
- Did 40min recovery, as intervals 2 days in a row would be too much. Heart rate remained low while was pace was good. - Fri: 40min recovery
- Training of yesterday, 2x 12min intervals. Longer but less fast intervals. I felt good and motivated. Again, doing intervals a the high range of my allowed limit. - Sat: 40min recovery
- Ran as planned. Good heart rate and pace - Sun: 90min long run
- Did 80min. I wasn't feeling too well, so I planned a loop of 10 & 5km where I could stop if needed, but completed the whole workout.
Distance: 52km
Week 1 review
Overall feeling: Happy
First week, I completed all scheduled trainings.ย ย
Overall, my body was able to cope well with the training, not feeling too tired or having sore legs. It probably helped that I was focusing on my sleep, which aided my recovery.
My recovery runs felt good, where my heart rate stayed low while my pace was reasonably high, which means that my body had already recovered from the day before.ย
Both intervals went fine, where I was easily able to remain at the high end of the designated zone. Probably because my running power isn't fully calibrated yet. This will change when I do some testing in week 4.
And while I completed my long run, I wasn't feeling too well at the start. Looking back, I see my heart rate was higher than it should have been, so running slower or stopping after 10km would have been a better decision.ย
Additional training, tools & comments
I want to start with strength training, but I haven't gotten to it yet.ย ย
Let's see if I can get this going in the next week.
Garmin might have all my fitness data, but to get an understanding of it all, you need to do some digging. So I started to use Athlytic and Bevel to check my overall state.
Knowing how important nutrition and drinking are, I started to keep a log of both. For food logging, I'm using Foodnorm/Bevel, and for logging drinks, I use Waterminder. The nice thing is that everything gets logged to Apple Health, meaning I can review this with other apps as well, providing a 360ยฐ view of everything.
Training this week
- Mon: rest
- Tue: 55min 4x 3min intervals
- Wed: 40min recovery
- Thu: 55min 2x 12min30s intervals
- Fri: 40min recovery
- Sat: 45min recovery with sprints
- Sun: 100min long run
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