As you noticed in the previous couple of posts, I’m embarking on a new adventure, a 12 hour race at Sri Chinmoy Belgrade Ultramarathon later this year. As I type this, we’re 12 weeks till race day and I wanted to share the breakdown of Week 1 of the training along with the plans for the current week.
Monday:
https://www.strava.com/activities/9336159544
Monday morning called for an easy 7-8km run and I slightly went over the prescribed distance as the legs felt fresh from the two week vacation and no running.
Tuesday:
https://www.strava.com/activities/9342443455
Tuesday was 6km + strides, managed to do the 6km but no strides as the temperature was already 27c 8 AM in the morning
Wednesday:
https://www.strava.com/activities/9348726946
10k mid week was also hot but managed to keep the low HR during the run.
Thursday:
Thursday was the day off.
Friday:
https://www.strava.com/activities/9360509798
Friday called for another easy 10k, which was easy following a day off.
Saturday:
https://www.strava.com/activities/9365880431
Just over 9k on Saturday hit the sweet spot.
Sunday:
https://www.strava.com/activities/9372033943
First 21+km in a while. The goal was to go for 2h:30m and not focus on the pace or distance. Managed to clock in just under 22km, in 2h:17m. The goal is to up this run to 3 hours in the coming weekend.
Overall:
I’ve clocked in just under 66km last week and have to admit that I feel a bit tired today. The hope is that by keeping the milage all in slow pace it will help the recovery process and help the aerobic base building phase.
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