Road to Valencia - Part 8 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 7 training schedule
- Mon: Rest
- Tue:
60min 3x8min30 intervals45min recovery - Wed:
45min recovery - Thu:
60min 2x15min intervals50min recovery - Fri:
40min recovery - Sat:
50min recovery with strides40min recovery - Sun:
140min long runChanged to 12k at free pace
Distance: 40km
Week 7 review
Overall feeling: Sick ๐ค
I felt tired on Monday and noticed some outliers in my data. As a result, I made some changes to my training plan, mostly going for easy runs instead of hard workouts. On Thursday, I decided to go for a run, which I think I shouldn't have, as I felt really tired afterwards. Friday morning data was not ok, so with most of the week lost I took the decision to focus fully on recovery instead of getting in weekly volume.
On Saturday, I felt better and did a recovery run as a test, with a much better feeling afterwards. My brother-in-law asked whether I wanted to join him for a 10k race on Sunday, but as my HRV was still a bit low, I wisely decided to go for an easy run on my own, instead of pressurising my body.
Overall, I'm happy/lucky I didn't get too sick, but it did enough damage towards my training plan.
One thing I learned was to remain patient and not rush into training when my body wasn't up for it.
Additional training, tools & comments
Recovering from sickness was the only thing on my mind.
This week
I normally have an easy week with 2 days of testing, but as I lacked volume last week, I decided to follow the plan from last week.
- Mon: Rest
- Tue: 60min 3x8min30 intervals
- Wed: 45min recovery
- Thu: 60min 2x15min intervals
- Fri: 40min recovery
- Sat: 50min recovery with strides
- Sun: 140min long run
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