Marathon Training – Week 3

All this running is tiring me out. I think I overdid it this week with 6 workouts, including 5 km in my Vibrams on Friday – my calves have been really sore and tight since. This week I’ve been focusing on posture and form, so I thought a barefoot run would help my technique, but I should have kept it shorter.

Day	Distance (km)	Workout	Time	Pace /km
Sunday	14.9	Long	1:17:45	5:14	map
Monday		Off
Tuesday	5.3 (1.5)	Speed (warmup)	0:22:58 (0:08:03)	4:20 (5:52)	map (map)
Wednesday	10.4	Steady	0:56:28	4:57	map
Thursday	5.3	Tempo	0:24:26	4:35	map
Friday	5.4	Barefoot	0:23:42	4:20	map
Saturday	9.3	Steady	0:46:03	4:55	map
Running Total	56.1		4:37:52	4:57

I’ve been uploading my runs to Strava, a cool running/cycling app for tracking workouts. I like the basic analysis it does – pace calculation, splits, elevation and speed charts. There’s also gamification to keep you motivated, like achievements for personal bests and leaderboards for common running routes.