After much thought, I finally made the decision to go for it in October in Cologne. It will be the first time I’ve run in the same city again. The good thing is that, except for the last week, when I ran a total of 85 km, I am gradually increasing the pace. In total, I am doing about four sessions with enough breaks to recover and adapt my body to these new demands.
One of the main reasons why it’s been 10 years since my last race is this:
I was too lazy to go through the preparation required to run a marathon with the goal I have. Investing 10 hours or 100 kilometers a week (and even more than that in some weeks) didn’t appeal to me. In addition, I have my day switzerland whatsapp number data perfectly organized now and there’s no room for anything else. I don’t have “read a book for two hours” slots where I simply change one thing for another. It’s true that I already have Netflix to end the day, but I don’t like the idea of going out to train as the last action of the day either.
Phase number 1 of my training plan
Until July, I can afford not to follow a strict drive traffic to your film’s microsite training plan. My goal is simple. To increase the maximum distance I can run without getting injured in the process. That distance I have in mind is 35 km. I am, or rather I was, already used to running 21 km on the weekend. Until recently, before I started training, I simply qatar data ran on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturdays I did my half marathon. This distance was already quite demanding for me.
Now I have been increasing little by little. Starting with 21, I went to 23, 25, 27 and last weekend to 31 km. The jump was too high because it should have been 29 but then i told myself that with 1 km more.
Phase number 2 of my training plan
I was already at a psychologically challenging distance. Then during the route I made a calculation in my head wrong (running and adding hill) so in the end it came out to 31 km.
In July things will get more serious. Here I will follow a stricter training plan with possibly six training sessions each week. In the end, in a marathon, what counts is the kilometres you have been able to do beforehand. There is no other way, or at least that is my conclusion after having previously tested training plans with a different philosophy.