I would be smart here and take a day off before and after the Alan Corke. It’s going to be the toughest run you’ve done for a while. Then we can smash out a few easy miles before a decent sesh Sunday. That’s probably the last one before making a decision on how to tackle the North Downs 30k. If it goes well again, that will be two decent sessions in 3 weeks. Any problems just shout. Go and show them how to run trails and hills on Tuesday, you got this Steve.
Coach Simon๐
The biggest mistake we can make with these recovery runs is running too fast. This will mean when our harder sessions come round we are still fatigued and not able to put enough effort in to make the necessary gains.
If you have accurate heart rate data that is far and away the best guide for this run. Stay in Zone 2 if you can.
A relatively comfortable marathon session. An early opportunity to get comfortable running at your goal marathon pace. You want to do the 3 miles steady (marathon pace), 3 times. So a total of 12 miles.