Telling myself it’s not as hard, hard, hard as it seems
Maybe you noticed that I've added a race to my schedule before the marathon... I've decided to race the Oasis Zoo 10km on Sept 24th.
5 weeks to go until STWM
Maybe you noticed that I’ve added a race to my schedule before the marathon… Â I’ve decided to race the Oasis Zoo 10km on Sept 24th. Â I was hesitant at first to have this race on my schedule because of the high training load at this point in my build-up. Â I wasn’t sure how long after the 1/2 marathon we’d wait before we did our big session. Â Turns out recovery went well and we’re scheduled for a big one on Thursday, which gives me more than a week to get ready to race the 10km. Â The mileage will still be high for the Zoo Run but it will be the effort that counts. Â I feel more comfortable not having a 6 week gap between races, although it seems weird that I think 5 weeks is just fine.(?)
So yeah, big workout in a couple of days. Â This session should tell us a lot about the kind of pace we’ll want for the marathon. Â It will also be a good opportunity to refine our fuelling protocol which will mimic elite aid stations approximately every 5km in the race. Â Last year when we did this workout it was 25C, this time around it should be much cooler. Â This week is also scheduled to be my second biggest mileage week of the build-up, everything else should be easier after this. Â But just because it will be marginally easier does not mean, for one second, that I can just chill until the race.
My legs are feeling much better after taking Friday completely off and having a “lighter” workout yesterday. Â We did a whole bunch of 2 minuters however, we stayed on the trails and kept the pace relaxed. Â For a while it seemed that just as my legs were going to recover it was time for another banger. Â I had some residual fatigue in my quads for a while, and I guess that is just part of marathon training and I think I might get served another dose soon enough. Â I think as long as you don’t carry that fatigue for too long it’s all right. Â That’s one reason why I have a light day every week where I run less than half the mileage I would on any other typical day of the week.
I watched the last episode of Entourage last night, it’s a shame it’s over, but at least everyone turned their lives in the right direction within 30 minutes, haha.
Athletics Canada’s Press Release on Oasis Zoo 10km / Canadian 10km Championships