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One tough week done of the last three harder training weeks before the Berlin Marathon. 120km in 7 training sessions. The weekly training is structured in a way that repeats itself quite often in all those marathon preparation weeks. In the beginning there’s a faster interval session with runs up to 2000m. [...]
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It’s a training session you can really show-off with. There are surprisingly often some kind of runners or colleagues with a passion for endurance sports present at meetings in the office. Today I was quite sure I would get understanding and appretiating nods from all three participants, Mika, Kari and Marko, when I let slip [...]
Continue reading about 600m interval runs fall into the green area
Already yesterday I was too tired to go on the track and did a slow 15km instead. Same indicators today. Yawning after lunch, hunger at 3pm, and general reluctance to go on the track to do 10 x 1000m in a kind of breath taking pace at 3:20min. The way from the desk in the [...]
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Yasso 800’s (the series of 10 x 800m interval runs) provided a first data point since the spring on how we are doing in this quest towards a sub-2:30 marathon. The direction is good again. With an average of those runs of 2:38,7min, this would indicate a considerable jump from the “upwards bump” in the [...]
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The last of the 400m interval runs was supposed to be fast. The first 14 were all within target between 74 and 78 seconds. The last one was supposed to take it to the next level, i.e. give the muscles a real kick. After all they’re used to long efforts at much slower pace.However when [...]
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The essence of the easy run is to fall into a run that just feels good. At any time you could still accelerate. Movement co-ordination and body position is relaxed but very controlled. Arms swing with some drive on the sides and the feet hit the ground in a way to complete this “rolling [...]
Could those training and race pace times the real reference for a sub-2:30 marathon? A couple of month back a reader here on 400days pointed to McMillan, a US coach’s web site with lots of good stuff on long distance training. He thoroughly goes through running physiology, different training forms and how to build your [...]
Continue reading about Are McMillan training guidelines the real reference?
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Well, there’s an alternative training program you can try, tell me if you could stick to it beyond week 3. I’d very much would like to post your report afterwards.
This half year plan of Janne Holmen, pretty much the current reference in marathon running here in Finland, although he lives in Uppsala [...]
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This is no commercial for some plastic strip you slap onto your nose five minutes to start, but rather the first hint in this series of hints for the ambitious runner. In many guides and programs you find advice and pointers for beginners, with this series I thought some experiences for those of you who [...]
Continue reading about Hints for the advanced runner - part I, breathe right
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A slight variation of Sepp Herbergers famos “after the game is before the [next] game”. Sepp Herberger was trainer of the German national squad from 1950 - 1964 and a symbol of German football history, he coined a number of such iconic phrases. Two more are “The ball is round” or “The [...]
