… where a fast marathon is organized in the spring. but in this case it is rotterdam. the final decision of running this race was made on the weekend. although having been under consideration for a while, otherwise the training most probably would not have been planned exactly 12 weeks ahead. 12 weeks is a standard preparation time for a marathon.
the idea here is to do a test run - literally. a test run for the 12 weeks preparation, the actual 2:30h marathon training program is used. a test run for the saltin diet towards the race. a test run for the support team that accompanies our hero before and on race day. and a test run for the hero himself. the test should result is something at or below 2:41h according to the progress curve. that’s a 3:50min/km or faster. the pace itself isn’t scary taking into account current interval runs at 3:25 to 3:29min/km or the 10k test races at km speeds of 3:37min/km. the challenging part is the long distance. no clue what pace there will be at km 28, 33 or 38.
today is the first day of the 12 week preparation time, a long slow run of close to 23km. got really tired in the end. but what are long runs for if you don’t get tired eventually?
Tags: rotterdam marathon, test marathon
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