Hi there! Thanks for checking my blog on my road towards the Spijkenisse Spark Marathon in November!
Originally I was supposed to pace a friend to his sub 4h marathon ambition - which would mean I could just focus on having a good time without a too intense trainingsblock. Plans changed which left me with 8 weeks to train for a new goal.
I was able to motivate myself and dedicate myself to breaking my personal record again (< 3:20:26) . I really put on some extra trainingsload which might set me up for my long term goal of running a sub 3h marathon!
Todays run Waking up at 06:00, eating a peanutbutter & jelly sandwich and preparing the camelback before hitting the road while it was still dark. I had to improvise a little because my youngest daughter is having a sport contest herself (and I don’t want to miss that)
My scheduled workout for today was a progressive long run - with a specific breakdown: - 0.5 km warmup (mostly a check if everything is feeling oke before starting a hard run) - 15 km at 4:45 min / km - 10 km at 4:35 min / km - 5 km at 4:25 min / km - 1.5 km cool down
I managed to hit and hold the different interval paces. The last 5 km was harder - I needed to focus on relaxing my body in order to maintain a good pace - the trick I used for doing this was to hold your fingers like this:
Focussing on your fingers like this may look funny but it prevents you from clenching your fist and overtensing your shoulders.
Overall, hard but rewarding run!
Happy running!
