Marathon training week 13
2 min readJust two weeks till marathon race day now and the training is almost complete. Week 12 went almost to plan with a hiccup on Thursday when I missed my interval because I woke with a bad headache and chose not to run. Due to this I added aerobic run on Friday and used Thursday as a rest day. Other than that the key sessions went well, hills on Tuesday felt horrible during my run with my legs feeling heavy and I was unable to get myself feeling good on the uphill sections. Once I got home and looked at the hill segment data I was surprised that the my two hill repeats were my 3rd and 4th fastest of the 37 times I’ve run this hill. This was encouraging that i was still able to run quite well when not feeling fantastic.
Saturday i ran my marathon specific 3 x 1 hour efforts with 20 min rest between each effort. I started very early and ran my the first section on the road hitting my goal pace of 4:15 min/km for this hour. Second hour I ran over some undulating trail and beach sections which is part of the marathon I am running. Felt good throughout this hour and was able to hit a strong 4:45 min/km for this set. Third hour saw the tide rising and the sand becoming softer so I decided to run the first half on the road before hitting the beach and trails for the second half, I was able to hit my goal pace on the road but the soft sand made it tough going on the beach and on some hilly trail sections I wasn’t able to hold the pace I was hoping for. Overall this run went almost to plan and I feel confident going into the marathon that I have the endurance needed.
Week 13, and I’ll begin a taper on Friday giving me 10 days to refresh before the marathon.
Monday – Rest
Tuesday – Hill repeats
Wednesday – Aerobic 40 min
Thursday – Intervals (15 x 2 min 1 min recovery)
Friday – Aerobic 30 min
Saturday – Rest
Sunday – Aerobic 60 min
Looking forward to getting through this week and then putting my feet up in the following week.
Hope you enjoy your running this week.
Pics are gorgeous. Have a day off and enjoy the beach!
Don’t worry I make sure I enjoy the beach too
What a beautiful beach to run! ?
I know the high tide caused some trouble, but the picture is beautiful. I hope this week goes smoothly for you. : )
Thanks. It’s a nice spot where I live. I love running along the coastline here. Still happy with the run despite the tide slowing me up a bit.
3rd and 4th best times on a not so great day is VERY encouraging. You are in marathon shape!
Thanks. Hope so, time will tell if I’m in good enough shape.