Back on the trail. The whole month of May was off. Mainly off, some sporadic runs when bad conscience hit me after an evening with too much chocolate or a whole bag of Katjes Joghurt Gums disappeared in one go. Neither was there much interest in blogging as you could see. Anyway, it’s now time to turn the head and look ahead at what’s coming. A great summer with a lot of sunshine and shorter runs and then in September the last attempt at the whole distance in Berlin, of course.
By the way, speaking of shorter runs, tomorrow is the next Self Transcendence run in Helsinki. A 2-miler. That’s nice fast food. Can be well integrated into training. Running from work at about 6pm to where the run takes place is just above 5km , then a warm up lap (one mile) with the guys who gather up there. Then the run, 2 miles (3,2km) and 5km back to work. About 15km with a fast bit in the middle. This makes a great training session.
This week’s going to be basic runs (15 - 18km) all way through, all the interval sessions and similar start there after again. Also what summer races to run, 10k and half-marathons need to be decided. Suggestions welcome!
June 8th, 2010 at 22:03
Welcome back Micke ! I’ll be in Berlin as well - same drill as last year with room in hotel Ansbach
Did Stockholm last week and made a conclusion that amount of training km’s does not necessarily correlate with the finishing time… Last year, I was running in average 70km/week for Berlin and did 3.13. This spring I was lazy with running and tried to complemented my barely 50km /week with some swimming and cycling. Surprisingly, Stockholm went pretty well on 3.07. I guess the quality of the training matters more than the quantity… Now the question is, would it be too much of a stretch to try to break 3h in September ?
June 10th, 2010 at 23:21
@Kari
no, it definitely wouldn’t. You did a superb time in Stockholm, taking into account that Stockholm is more difficult to run than Berlin or a number of other Central European marathons. The second time over the Västerbron bridge is always a killer the ascend of almost 1km up to the peak is not fun when having done around 30km already.
And I also think that quality is always more important than quantity of weekly km. When going below 3h, I think that you can’t however ignore a minimum distance per week. Not so much a requirement to do an absolute amount of 60+ or 80+ km per week, but more of a relative increase to what you have done before. Also I guess your skiing during the winter provided a very solid base for the running.
I mean you see it yourself as you go along. Do a 10k or 15k race during the marathon preparations and that should tell you where you are compared to last year. Good luck! See you in Berlin if not earlier on Espoo’s running trails.
February 10th, 2012 at 09:15
Also I guess your skiing during the winter provided a very solid base for the running.
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