Road to Valencia - Part 3 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 over 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 2 Training schedule
- Mon: rest
- Tue: 55min 4x 3min intervals
- I wasn't feeling 100% so I did a 40min recovery
- Wed: 40min recovery
- 4x 3min intervals of yesterday. Was doubtful whether I had already fully recovered from sickness, but actually had a good run
- Thu: 55min 2x 12min30s intervals
- Again, a switch, doing 40min recovery. Intervals 2 days in a row would be too much. Heart rate remained low while was pace was good.
- Fri: 40min recovery
- I wasn't up for the intervals I should have done, did another recovery run.
- Sat: 45min recovery with sprints
- Done as planned.
- Sun: 100min long run
- Done as planned.
Distance: 52km
Week 2 review
Overall feeling: Okay
Similar to last week, I switched my training days. I wasn't feeling well on Sunday evening, and while resting on Monday, and good sleep helped, I felt I wasn't up for the heavy work just yet. So, a recovery run on Tuesday instead of the intervals, and I'm happy I switched. Maybe it was due to the temperature, but my heart rate on this simple recovery was still on the high side.
I'm a bit angry at myself for skipping the intervals on Friday. I could have done the run as planned, but a bad day and decisions resulted in me not being up for it. But I am happy I pushed through, and I went out and did another type of run. In the end, it's all about volume and consistency.
This long run of 17km is the longest I've done in a while. I was fortunate that Nelson wanted to join me and distract me with his observations. Heart rate was good, but I felt some tiredness in my legs, which felt less when I ran at a higher pace (as part of the training).
I still feel some soreness today, so let's see how well the legs can keep up.
I feel I need to start strength training, but I haven't figured out yet what to do. I'll try to look into this in the coming week to see how I can incorporate some exercises that benefit my overall training.
Additional training, tools & comments
I continued monitoring my health with Athlytic and Bevel. Overall, their advice is quite good. Garmin has all the data, but makes it very hard to get a good view, unless you really dig deeper. Could I do intervals, or should I rest? Garmin told me everything was ok, Bevel and Athlytic were on the safe side, telling me to run, but not overdo it. In the end, I ran my intervals but felt I was still not 100%. So credit to Athlytic and Bevel for their advice.
This week
- Mon: rest
- Tue: 55min 3x3 intervals
- Wed: 40min recovery
- Thu: 60min 2x 12min30s intervals
- Fri: 40min recovery
- Sat: 45min recovery with sprints
- Sun: 110min long run
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