a long run in panic

After doing some calendar calculations, I panicked! So yesterday early in the morning I did 32km in 3hrs. I figured, the Berlin marathon is just 10.5 weeks away, this means I am late in my preparation!
In the evening, I biked 20km. Still, my muscles are sore. Today is a day off, biking and callisthenics are in order!

listen when your body aches

My training since Fri: Fri morning 15km, Fri afternoon another 10km easy, then Sat 11.5km easy, and then... collapse! On Sat I could feel the tiredness, but the wave hit me on Sat evening: I went to bed at 23:00 and woke up on Sun at 17:00!!!
I went walking and biking on Sun evening and my legs were numb. Easy to understand why: the week before I had done 128km including two long runs and a tempo. This week I took no day off and did 115km including two long runs. On Sun my body just said no. And I listened!
This morning, well-rested, I did a run with a tempo session: in total 18km, including: 6x (1min fast, 30sec jog), and about 4250-4300m in 18min. not v. precise because the track is not v. clear on gmap-pedometer. Tomorrow a long run. I will update on that!

getting ready for the weekend

My mother is leaving tomorrow, and these days I am spending some quality time with her...
and therefore the quality of my training is low! Last night we came back from Rotterdam very late, this morning I could only run 15km easy. Maybe this afternoon I will do a second session, shorter and faster. Tomorrow morning easy 16-17km, and then Sun tempo.

km craze

As planned, I did today 21km easy. So I'm done for this week with long runs: Tue 26km and Thu 21km.
On Sun I will do my tempo and then head to the beach cafeterias for the game...

to the final

The football craze is reaching its peak here, orange flags and orange crowns everywhere.
Yesterday after the match I biked 10km to enjoy the cheers in the neighborhood!
Today I ran 18km easy. Tomorrow I will do about 20km, then on Friday 15km, and then we'll see.

the benefits of cross-training on display

My long run this morning was relatively slow, even though I started right after a good night's sleep! 26.5km in 2:38hrs.
Yesterday evening I also did 13km easy run.
These days I do not do any extra biking apart from 15km to work and back. Therefore I feel stronger in running and my body doesn't mind the increased mileage. I now realize how much fitness and strength are enhanced by cross-training. Nevertheless, I will have to watch out and not go overboard!
I will keep a high mileage also this week, and then I will go back down to 100km running plus recreational biking and callisthenics.

keeping it up

and the training goes on: on Thu 23km, on Fri 17.5km and on Sat 20km. On Sunday: morning session 17.5km, of which 6x (1min fast, 30sec jog) and 3350m in 14min. afternoon session 10km easy.
Total weekly mileage 128km. Too much, don't you think?
Today I will either take the day off or go for an easy 10km in the evening...