Tokyo 2020 aspirer - I will do anything i can to make it to Tokyo(Marathon) + Full training log

I won't go that much in the red but i will push myself hard, depends on the day, weather, i might shoot for a 1:06, on an ideal day why not 1:05.

WEEK 7 - 170 KM / 105 MILES

MONDAY 32 KM @ 4:04/KM

TUESDAY 28 KM @ 4:21/KM

WEDNESDAY 30 KM @ 4:12/KM

THURSDAY 20 KM @ 4:04/KM

FRIDAY 20 KM @ 4:00/KM

SATURDAY HM - 1:13:32

SUNDAY 5 KM - 16:11 + 14 KM @ 3:44/KM

How are things going? How do you cope with the heat? Any plans for some days/weeks at Piatra Arsă? Or you're not a believer of altitude training?

silviuburceadev wrote:

How are things going? How do you cope with the heat? Any plans for some days/weeks at Piatra Arsă? Or you're not a believer of altitude training?

I will post today my last 2 weeks training log. I'm running either very early in the morning or late in the evening, so it's good so far, it will be worse in July though.

I would love to have a few weeks spell at the altitude. This week we were talking about it. Let's see what we can arrange, if it's not to be, then we might look for an altitude spell in Austria.

WEEK 8 - 163 KM / 101 MILES

MONDAY 21 KM @ 3:58/KM

TUESDAY 28 KM @ 3:53/KM

WEDNESDAY 24 KM @ 4:10/KM

THURSDAY 30 KM @ 3:37/KM

FRIDAY 30 KM @ 3:35/KM

SATURDAY 16 KM @ 3:41/KM

SUNDAY 14 KM @ 3:57/KM

WEEK 9 - 170 KM / 105 MILES

MONDAY 30 KM @ 4:20/KM

TUESDAY 28 KM @ 4:20/KM

WEDNESDAY 10 KM - 32:18 + 16 KM @ 4:18/KM

THURSDAY 16 KM @ 3:56/KM

FRIDAY 17 KM @ 4:03/KM

SATURDAY 16 KM @ 3:16/KM + 16 KM @ 4:15/KM

SUNDAY HM - 1:12:41

how was the training this week bro?

Have you considered increasing your mileage? These 100 mile weeks aren't necessarily going to be sufficient for your lofty goals. Why aren't you running 130-140?

WEEK 10 - 150 KM / 94 MILES

MONDAY 27 KM @ 3:59/KM - last 6 km closed in 3:23,3:27,3:23,3:13,3:11,3:04

TUESDAY 31 KM @ 3:46/KM

WEDNESDAY 33 KM @ 3:54/KM

THURSDAY 14 KM @ 4:14/KM

FRIDAY 15 KM @ 4:09/KM

SATURDAY 15 KM @ 4:10/KM

SUNDAY 15 KM @ 4:14/KM

This week i will increase mileage, i will try and go over 110. I agree i should get a solid block with more mileage but i'm already running career high mileages so i don't want to get injured.

As a fellow Tokyo aspirer, I do not necessarily think you need to increase your milage too much.

That training off singles is very very meaty.

If you increase your milage your quality will inevitably drop off.

I've learnt that the hard way in my latest build up.

Thank you! I really hope to get big rewards out of it. It's easy to be greedy and push too much too soon but Tokyo is still a long way to go. I'll approach it step by step. It's true, keeping it with singles only made me improve the overall quality of my training. I wish you good luck !!

Tokyolympian wrote:

Thank you! I really hope to get big rewards out of it. It's easy to be greedy and push too much too soon but Tokyo is still a long way to go. I'll approach it step by step. It's true, keeping it with singles only made me improve the overall quality of my training. I wish you good luck !!

Nice thread.

I agree with you, Tokyo is still two years away. Your training in singles will make you very aerobically strong for sure.

One thing though - the lack of speed. Adding in some 'strides' will benefit you greatly. Like 10 x 150m at the end of one of your longer runs maybe?

I just wonder.Is this really authentic ? Not a "Romanian troll"? The only thing you will be good at is aerob strength.

You need some faster work man! Every week. And just curious , how can you afford to train fulltime? Right now you are training like the great Yuki Kawauchi, except the faster work he is doing every week (including a lot of races).

Oh no, please no wrote:

Tokyolympian wrote:

I also have a coach, former 2:12 marathoner, i think he would be world class if he had better athletes to train.

Oh man, please don’t let this be a JS troll thread. I want to root for you OP, but if you say you recover to 120bpm during intervals this thread will be a huge disappointment.

Hahaha! I really doubt this "Romanian" marathoner. His English looks to be too good from a "Romanian policeman". If you really check it out you see I can`t handle the English that good. I`m more at the "Swenglish" ,hehe.

But now you got me interested in this thread. And so far what I have seen I`m not convinced this is "for real".

Tokyolympian wrote:

I won't go that much in the red but i will push myself hard, depends on the day, weather, i might shoot for a 1:06, on an ideal day why not 1:05.

WEEK 7 - 170 KM / 105 MILES

MONDAY 32 KM @ 4:04/KM

TUESDAY 28 KM @ 4:21/KM

WEDNESDAY 30 KM @ 4:12/KM

THURSDAY 20 KM @ 4:04/KM

FRIDAY 20 KM @ 4:00/KM

SATURDAY HM - 1:13:32

SUNDAY 5 KM - 16:11 + 14 KM @ 3:44/KM

"I won`t go that much in the red....." An expression like that I would never come up with,and certainly not even a Romanian native. If I could bet on this is a troll thread or not I could put a quite big sum on that it is. ;)

Tokyolympian wrote:

Spot on, i just need to make sure i get a time fast enough to qualify. Ended up running 16k @ 4:42 pace. Fairly hot + 21C, felt relaxed. I also have a coach, former 2:12 marathoner, i think he would be world class if he had better athletes to train.

What`s the name of your coach? Just curious.

No need to ruin another thread with trolling discussion.

He has already stated his coach is Cătălin Andreica, and it wasn't difficult to find the name of the athlete with the information he posted so far. But there is no need to mention it as he hasn't done it himself.

Tokyolympian, good luck with your goal!

I don't usually post but it is one of the few interesting threads left in the forum and I believe many of us will follow your progression and cheer for you.

Tokyolympian wrote:

Details Please wrote:

Would it be possible to forward your Garmin or Strava etc link for us to follow your training?

Thanks in advance.

You can follow it here. Does Kipchoge/Rupp/Moen/Shitara etc forward you a strava link? Hopefully you'll see me on television at the Olympics.

How Kipchoge trains you get from my inside information. LoL

Partridge wrote:

In my opinion you run all your easy runs to slow. About 4:10 - 4:30 / km is the pace you would expect a 2:30+ marathon runner to do.

Just a single 10 k in 3:20 pace per week which is not even goal marathon pace for 2:15 (3:12/km).

Do some faster stuff! You have to come to a point within the next 1.5 years where 3:12 pace feels quite comfortable....

I have a 2:20 guy in my local running club who is doing a lot of workouts like 20x400s in 70s, 6x2000s in 6:10 and so on during summer.

He is also doing local 10k races as long jogs, like 10k warmup, 10k in 32-33 (winning the race) and 5+k cooldown. Remember, this is 2:20 training. You can begin with sessions like that but have to be even faster later on.

Partridge, you forget something ….. ;) He is coached by the presumtive world class coach Catalin Andreica( forgot the spelling), the Romanian

record holder with 2.12.30 something! Who is you knowing better than that? LoL

Hehe! Just kidding bro...…. :) You are absolutely correct in your critic and gives a very good advice! ….(..except correct paces to run for a 2.20 marathoner) :)

Tokyolympian wrote:

WEEK 4 - 176 KM / 109 MILES

MONDAY 25 KM @ 4:17/KM

TUESDAY 24 KM @ 4:00/KM

WEDNESDAY 34 KM @ 3:50/KM

THURSDAY 25 KM @ 4:18/KM

FRIDAY 20 KM @ 4:08/KM

SATURDAY 11 KM @ 4:17/KM

SUNDAY 2km warm-up @ 4:40/km + 32 KM continuous @ 3:34/KM + cool-down 3 KM @ 4:30/KM

Total : 37km

Seriously! No world class coach, and not even a quite good one, would ever suggest a week like that with your communicated capacity. Now I`m convinced this is just a troll thread.