Hey! Today I had the opportunity to run with an experienced ultra runner, who did runs like MDS 120 Morroco and earlier this month the Jungfrau 2025 edition. As I want to do the 2026 edition of the Jungfrau a mutual friend connected us, so I could get some insights on how to best prepare for this experience!
We went to the area where I usually do hill intervals, where we decided to do a trail run on mountainbike paths and some open fields!
It was a great way to start the day, especially as the weather was just perfect! Low-ish temperature but a very pleasant sun! We ran and talked a bit and it proved great insights on how to preserve your energy during the Jungfrau, where to speed and where to relax. Overall fun session today!
Change of plans for Spijkenisse Marathon On the 30th of November I have the Spijkenisse Marathon scheduled, the plan was to run as a pacer to help a friend break his 4h time goal. For me, 4 hour is an easy pace so I didn’t need a hard training schedule. Yesterday evening I met with this friend to discuss a few things, also with regards to the planned marathon. Here he told me that he is not going to run this event at all.
While I do respect his decision to the extend that I believe you should only do it if you really want it (and if you chose to run, you should prepare yourself well enough), his timing does leave me in a difficult position. My basic marathon training schedule is 12 weeks, with 8 weeks to go I would had prefered to hear this earlier. Next week I will set a time ambition and make a plan how to achieve that. But it seems I have to increase my trainingsload quite a bit next few weeks! Going to be fun !!
Happy running!