Hi there,
The past two – three weeks have been great when it comes to the training. I have finally been able to maintain a bit of a continuity in my training – interval trainings, tempo runs and long runs regularly. Now I just need to maintain this good tendency until the next marathon race that will for me take place in Cuxhaven. This time I let Endomondo to generate my training program and I’m interested to see, whether the higher mileage provides better results. Now I have to take care of myself and be cautious, as the latest years have not been very hard in terms of training. It would be a great pity to get injured now, when I’m on a roll.
One thing that has provided this motivation boost for the training, has been the new training watch – I finally decided to buy an Apple Watch. I know it is not a full-fledged sports watch, but as a recreational runner it does not matter that much if the watch has specialized training programs etc. My Garmin Vivoactive HR works still, but starts to look a bit like outdated and also had some issues and crashed several times during a workout about a week ago, probably due to the battery life. I have a rather sad history with the devices in that sense that I give up using one, when I encounter some issues grave enough, like lose workouts etc.
The reason I chose Cuxhaven marathon is that the event takes place at a moderate distance from my place so I don’t have to travel too long. Secondly, a fact that is getting more and more important the more marathons I have done, is that I dislike running the same routes over and over again. It has its charm, obviously, but on the other hand it may be pretty devastating to know the exact scenery and the remaining route when running, and not to get rid of these thoughts during the run. The marathon route follows the outskirts of the North Sea so windy it will probably be, and regarding the time of the year (mid April) it might get cold. I just hope it won’t get too wet at the same time.
This time I would like to get an improvement to the latest marathon – not to exceed the 3.5 hour mark. If I get this done, then the next challenge will be a lot tougher. Now I mainly want to build up my confidence and get back on track after several weaker years. That’s it for this time – the next posting will probably be a small review of Apple Watch, even though the Internet already is full of those.
Until next time! Cheers!