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Do you start next week? Are you following a particular plan or devising your own?
I'm starting next week for a 16 week plan, which I created when I signed up for the event but have no idea what I based it off!
Basically entails 4 runs per week with midweek runs for speed building, and I cycle to work most days anyway from a cross-training perspective.
Less than 100 days to go now. How is everyone getting on?
I'm concentrating on LT workouts over the next few weeks. I have a 10K race on the 14th, and after that I'll transition in to my usual marathon workouts. It's a mixture of sessions taken from the NAZ Elite training plans, as well as the BAC sessions made famous by Steve Way. Lots of work at MP-HMP.
Which 10k race are you doing RSR? I had one pencilled in for the 14th but decided to concentrate on getting some quality weeks in.
Your training is quite different to mine! I tend to around 50-60m a week with a 10k paced session such as 6 x mile/ 12 x 1k, 8-10m tempo and a long run. I work with an online coach though so I just trust him to set all the training!
I'm doing the Coventry Northbrook 10K. Not targeting it as such, but it comes at the end of a recovery week so should be a useful gauge of where I am.
I've got a 5000m at the end of July then I think I'll train through until Kenilworth Half which I will race
runspoonrun I've also signed up for Newark, might see you there!
Cool Hill1. One of the drawbacks I’ve found with Berlin being early autumn, is finding races, especially in August. I’m praying for cool weather at Newark!! The lighter mornings are certainly a bonus vs winter training though.
Training consistently here in the 50-60 mile per week range although hampered by a touch of plantar fasciitis. Doesnt hurt while running but sore at other times - keeping it at bay with ice bottle and golf ball rolling. Had a good 16 miler today.
Hope you speedier guys are also going well. Eleven weeks will fly by now!
When I got into Berlin I was hoping for a PB attempt (PB is 3:19 from 2018) but at the moment I'm really not sure where I am. I did Torbay Half about 3 weeks ago and struggled a bit in 1:50 having done less than 40 miles over the previous 10 weeks. I'm not quite "feeling it" at the moment, but there's time yet. After putting on a bit of weight when I was out injured, I have got that back under control again and I'm happy with my weight now, which helps.
I don't really follow a training plan as such, but do a few events (marathons, mainly). I've got 4 or 5 marathons before Berlin but they wouldn't be PB attempts at all as Berlin was the major Autumn target. The majority of my mileage is easy paced, but then I do the occasional speed session, or shorter race to see how I'm getting on. When I'm ticking over the regular marathons, the weekly mileage tends to be all easy. For me, I tried to follow P&D a couple of times but the speed sessions tend to lead to injury, so the easy mileage seems the best bet for me.
Sorry if it's been asked before, but is there any thought on doing the parkrun the day before the marathon?
Anyway, that's me. I'm hoping to stay in touch with this thread
@Big_G welcome to the thread! Not sure about the parkrun, might do the Generali Breakfast Run on the Saturday. Details for that are here: https://www.bmw-berlin-marathon.com/en/your-race/supporting-program/generali-breakfast-run/.
Plenty of time yet Big_G, you’ve put in some great consistent mileage which bodes well.
I’d not heard of the breakfast run AARiL, I see it finishes on the track at the Olympic Stadium which sounds fun. I was debating doing parkrun, but might do that instead.
My training has has been going well, starting to see the kind of paces I was running before Manchester so in the right kind of place. I did the Coventry Northbrook 10K yesterday in 37:15. It’s pretty hilly, so pleased to run 40s quicker than I did on a flat course four weeks ago. Especially as I hate hills and normally get altitude sickness going up curbs
> Does anyone know what gels they hand out during the course?
According to the official site - https://www.bmw-berlin-marathon.com/en/your-race/start-course-finish/refreshment/ - something called "ultraSPORTS ultraGel" at the 27.5KM mark. In the past there's generally only one point where they hand out gels.
Also if you check that page this year they've got a delicious beetroot drink at various points on the course. Yum. I'm sure we'll all be looking out for that.
Hope BA/Heathrow get their various issues sorted before the end of September (a rise in the exchange rate in favour of the £ wouldnt go amiss either!)
10 miler this morning raced in 1:03:36 so happy with that,4 big weeks now to get some good miles in.
Just like update that I am not running BM this year. I am devastated as last few months has been very challenging for me. I ran into some cardiac issues hence strongly advised by the cardiac team not to participate in any running activities. I am not sure if/when I will ever be able to return to my beloved running!
Good to luck to all of and hope your training is going well.