sub 35min after marathon training

[derele]

Hi TheEd,

all a bit too slow for 10k training would be my guess...
The Paris marathon on April 10 is already taking over most of my thoughts. I am currently having two kind-of-low-distance-low-intensity-weeks. Afterwards I want to fade your schedule slowly into my marathon schedule.
I will train on that schedule for 8 weeks before the M (starting on Feb 13th) and use the remaining 5 weeks as a transition period. The M-schedule will be quite simple:

Mo: 15k easy1
Tue: 10k or 15k (alternating weeks) at 10k pace +6-12s or +12-18s
We: 15k easy1
Thu: 6x1k, 4x2k or 3x3k (alternating) at 3:15, 3:25 or 3:30 very long Rests
Fri: 10k easy1
Sat: 10k easy2
Sun: 35k (speed-up to M-pace on progressingly longer distance at the end)

Plus easy 8-10k am runs from Mo to Fri.
easy1 will be ~4:45, easy2 ~4:20

The schedule is ultra-hard, but I am very keen on training at the edge again. I will have to listen to my body and skip or slow down workouts in case of problems.
For the easy runs I am already in the right HR zones for the schedule to work towards sub 2:40 (70%max at 4:35).

For the first week of the transition starting tomorrow:

Sun: 15k race ~ 53min
Mon: 15k easy
Tue: 12k easy
Wed: 18k easy
Thu: 5x2k in 6:50 R120
Fri: 10k easy
Sat: Rest
Sun: 27k easy

Quite similar to the sub35 10k schedule, but I think I will need longer rests once I start doing a second (TP) workout each week and longer long runs... will start to introduce them.

I will post the next week in time, I want to build up the Tue TP-run starting from 5k...

derele