Less than 50 days until Boston…
Marathon
training is in full swing, and actually I have started to count the number of
long runs left in my program. Of all the trainings I do, it is the long distance
run that I find most difficult, and I am kind of looking forward to April 17th
when the longest run for the rest of the year should be longer than 21km… I have
now managed four 30km+ runs in my training cycle, twice as many as last year, and “only”
have three or four more ahead of the marathon. Yes!!!
Overall,
volume of running remains high. I had a record January with 279km, and February
will end up around 240km. This is about 75% more compared to similar period in
my training ahead of last year’s marathon, so it is very clear that the
training set-up is different. It is mainly the biking volume that has decreased
in favor of running, as I maintain about the same total volume of training per
month – 35 to 40 hours. This is the volume that I am able to squeeze in
considering work, family and managing the training load itself. Considering how
the weather has been now in January and February with cold temperatures and
snow, I am extremely pleased being able to follow the marathon program.
Good progress on the running volume
