5-Week Half Marathon Training — Week 2
Follow the journey from 10k runner to marathoner.
Now it is week 2 of the 5-week half marathon training series. Week 1 was published last Monday.
Note:
I’m not training for any specific marathon. For me, training and writing about it are stress-relieving therapy. I’ll most likely complete the half marathon distance on my own time. If I find a suitable event during the 5-week training, then I might consider attending.
Week 2 Completed
Something happened at the start of the week as due to getting lost, I ended up running over half marathon distance, 22 kilometers. I was forced to run due to the cold weather after getting lost. I published a story about the adventure. It was more painful than it sounds, though.
Week 2 Runs
Monday: 22 kilometers ≈ 13.7 miles (Off-Road + Forest)
Tuesday: 3.5 kilometers ≈ 2.2miles ( 2.8 kilometers at Marathon pace and 500 meters full speed)
Wednesday: 9.7 kilometers ≈ 6 miles (Easy)
Sunday: Around 6 kilometers ≈ 3.7 miles (10 x 90 sec full speed + 10 x 90 sec jogging)
Total Estimated: 41.2 kilometers ≈ 25.6 miles
I have a plan to take only 1 day off per week, but for week 2, I took three days off.
This week’s busy life got me, and I didn’t have the energy to run between Thursday and Saturday. The long-run at the start of the week had its own effect on the training as well.
I had a low energy level and it affected my running. I have been doing regular stretching during the week which helps with the pain in my hip flexors. I haven’t been doing long stretches, mostly just 30 to 60 secs. Then I do movement training with maximum 2-sec holds.
I have been following the instructions for movement training by watching some of the youtube videos from Natural Bootcamp. Those focus on stretching the Fascia lines by natural movement.
