I ended up taking an unintentional de-load week last week where I cut down the amount of runs more than usual. Hindsight being 20/20 I'm glad this happened, as I have been meaning to experiment with occasional de-loads during a marathon training program.
A de-load week is essentially a scaled-down taper. Tapering is very common for endurance events such as marathons and middle- to long-distance triathlons, occurring at the very end of one's training.
However, de-loading in the middle of a training program is more commonplace in the world of bodybuilding and weight lifting. I have been meaning to apply it to a marathon plan so we'll see if this accidental de-load week helps or hinders me in the long term.
Enough rambling, though...on with the details of Week 5:
Total Mileage: 21 1/2 miles
Workouts:
- Bicycle trainer workout
- Interval run
- 3 x 1 mile (6:17/mile average pace)
- 1 x 1/2 mile (5:56/mile average pace)
- Six-mile race pace run
- 6:48/mile average pace
- Twelve-mile endurance run
- 7:49/mile average pace
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