20-03-2012, 09:52 PM
Hi!
Being on the week of the Marathon is quite boring, today is the usual day for interval training for me but I changed it to something easy, 4 km warm up until I got to the track and a few easy laps, 4 km at planned marathon race pace (that's 4'15" per km) and easy run another 4 km. No experience before on the Marathon so the pace will be a bet, just plain sub3h; I think it should be quite challenging but not impossible for my first try. We will see.
The thing is that I'm thinking about what I'm going to do when I finish the Marathon (ok I know I'm a little bit impatient but I can't help it
).
I have the book "The Competitive runner's handbook" by trainer Bob Glover and I like to read it from time to time to seek some advice and remember the basics. It suggests a full stop from running for at least a week when the Marathon is finished in order to let the body heal properly, just walking for a few days or a little cross training.
So I guess that's what I'm going to do, I have been training and racing hard for 20 weeks now so I think maybe its time now.
I'm wondering about the off-training period and the build up phase suggested in this site. If I follow the advise, which I really think I should, it would be 2 weeks for the off-training phase and then 3 weeks for the build-up and finally the 4K time-trial. That makes it more or less 6 weeks until starting the 10K plan since the Marathon day.
Here is my big concern: on Spring there are a few 10K races that are quite important for me and the first ones are 4 and 5 weeks apart from the Marathon. If I run them at full effort I guess I would be defeating the purpose of the build-up and the first weeks of the plan... I know you can't have everything and I think If I were to choose, long term improvement should be more important than one or two races... but...
Maybe is there a way to combine both things a little bit?
Being on the week of the Marathon is quite boring, today is the usual day for interval training for me but I changed it to something easy, 4 km warm up until I got to the track and a few easy laps, 4 km at planned marathon race pace (that's 4'15" per km) and easy run another 4 km. No experience before on the Marathon so the pace will be a bet, just plain sub3h; I think it should be quite challenging but not impossible for my first try. We will see.
The thing is that I'm thinking about what I'm going to do when I finish the Marathon (ok I know I'm a little bit impatient but I can't help it
).I have the book "The Competitive runner's handbook" by trainer Bob Glover and I like to read it from time to time to seek some advice and remember the basics. It suggests a full stop from running for at least a week when the Marathon is finished in order to let the body heal properly, just walking for a few days or a little cross training.
So I guess that's what I'm going to do, I have been training and racing hard for 20 weeks now so I think maybe its time now.
I'm wondering about the off-training period and the build up phase suggested in this site. If I follow the advise, which I really think I should, it would be 2 weeks for the off-training phase and then 3 weeks for the build-up and finally the 4K time-trial. That makes it more or less 6 weeks until starting the 10K plan since the Marathon day.
Here is my big concern: on Spring there are a few 10K races that are quite important for me and the first ones are 4 and 5 weeks apart from the Marathon. If I run them at full effort I guess I would be defeating the purpose of the build-up and the first weeks of the plan... I know you can't have everything and I think If I were to choose, long term improvement should be more important than one or two races... but...
Maybe is there a way to combine both things a little bit?