I am currently training for Manchester Marathon 2020, and I am so excited to be hitting some long distance runs in the coming weeks and months.
It has been way too long since I did anything that gives me the right to say that I am a long distance runner!
So what does my Manchester Marathon Plan actually look like?
Just three runs a week!
Yup, only three.
I do not plan to get a PB, or to run “sub” anything… so I intend to just keep myself as uninjured as possible.
My Manchester marathon plan consists of:
one speed session (intervals, hill reps or tempo).
one gentle 5km (a Run Talk Run!)
one long run!
This is quite possibly the most flexible marathon training plan I have ever tried to adhere to, and I think it is for that reason that I am likely to commit to it the best! I don’t mind which days these runs fall upon, so long as my legs feel rested and ready for the runs.
What run am I enjoying the most?
So, as much as I am loving all of the runs on my marathon training plan, there is just one run that sticks out as my absolute favourite.
For me, it's got to be "the easy 5km".
I mean, there is grit and purpose to be found in the long runs.
There are endorphins and power to be found in those speed sessions.
BUT there is nothing more beautiful, to me, than running without really thinking about the running itself. Maybe this is lazy of me, because it is supposedly the run of the week which is the least hard work hehe #notsorry
For me, there is a certain element of joy in knowing that it is a result of the hard work I put in with my other two sessions, that allows the "easy 5km" feel so damn gentle and enjoyable.