1 week to go

September 13, 2009

Only 7 days until Berlin Marathon.

After running the 1/2-hour run last wednesday as a fast exercise, I did another fast run yesterday. I ran 3x5K (5 min recovery) at marathon race pace, i.e. 3:20min/km. It went surprisingly well and especially the breathing was exceptionally good. Also the legs feel much more fresh now and I can feel that almost every day some freshness is coming back after the tough weeks at altitude. Compared to the 210+ kilometers I did in St. Moritz, the 150-160km of this week feel like “easy going”. Next week I will run even less kilometers and one final fast session of 2.000m-repeats on track.

I also got some extra motivation from Finnish Marathon Championships that took place in my “second home” Jyväskylä. Running mate Miika took a great silver medal with a new PB of 2:21:34h! Congratulations Miika – great job, the bar is a bit higher now and I hope that next week I will have a better PB again