Saturday, August 19, 2006

Essential Marathon Preparation - Increased Mileage

This week was 80% week. In other words, a lot of running.

Tuesday I ran 12 km, the next day I ran 15 km, and the very next day I ran 13 km, a total of 40 km in three days. I decided not to go to the gym on Friday since I was buggered. And today I managed to get in 11 km in 62 mins. That's marathon distance already! I suppose it's to make up for those crap weeks before where I didn't run as much as I should have.

Tomorrow, I'll take part in the Leppin Off-Road run, which will be an excellent supplement to my training. My knee is currently sore from this week's increased mileage, but I think I'll take it slowly anyway. I expect to finish within two hours.

The next two weeks will be interesting. There are two consecutive 100% weeks, which will be taxing on the poor body. Definitely no gym sessions for me during that time.

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