The week prior to kicking off marathon training I’ve had a recovery week. For me this has been important not just to recover physically but also mentally it’s nice to have a break from hard training.
The plan was to run roughly 60 minutes 4 times at an easy pace. Thursday was a little bit of a stuff up. I had an idea for a loop around Richmond which I thought would be roughly 60 mins but didn’t really think it through properly, ended up quite a bit longer but it was still nice. Some of the runs weren’t exactly that easy since I seem to struggle with the warmer weather my heart rate goes up. But overall I feel good this week, it has been nice recovery and keen to get started with the marathon training.
Period: 30 Jan 2017 – 5 Feb 2017
Running
Mon: Rest
Tue: 60 mins / 4:59 per km avg / 12.1km
Wed: Rest
Thu: 83 mins / 5:14 per km avg / 16km
Fri: Rest
Sat: 55 mins / 5:10 per km avg / 10.7km
Sun: 60 mins You Yangs trails / 5:32 per km avg / 10.9km
1%-ers
Fri: Stretching (30 mins)
Sat: “Quick post run stretches” Sage Canaday (15 mins)
Not much this week as just taking it easy, strength work and foam rolling will be coming back next week.
Week totals
371.5 TSS / 49.8km
