Hey! Today’s training on the road to Spijkenisse-SPARK Marathon was scheduled as a low zone 2 run. As a low impact training that allowed to get some kilometers in.
Right before starting the run, I got a text from a friend that he was very curious how I would do on a small strava segment he just found. As I did intervals yesterday, the timing wasn’t the best, but… running should be fun! So before doing my zone 2 workout, I did a little warmup and ran the segment twice. The segment turned out to be shorter than expected / I ran a little longer than required.
Fun little distraction, will set a stronger time some other day! Buut first back to my own trainingsgoals.
I decided to go for a 12 km run that is for +/- 10 km unpaved. The fun part of the route is that it was mostly an open field run! Seeing some rabbits, birds and sheep but other than that just grass.
Sofar, this week totalled 56 km, with still 3 days to go I feel my legs can take the increase. Tomorrow I will do a 4x 7 minute (just above) marathon pace session - hoping that will help me increase my long distance speed a little further.
The biggest dilemma right now is what balance to consider with the training vs the nutrition plan. While the kgs are not exactly melting away just yet - I do notice some losses. Weighting less should result in a faster marathon pace, but the reduction in food will also reduce the energy you have and running with not enough energy will result in semi productive sessions. I will take some time to work this out further in the weekend, to find a good balance between the two goals!
Happy running!