Previously, when I trained for marathons, my whole thought process was: “must get as many miles under my belt as possible before the race.”
However, this year, I decided to change it up and focus more on the quality of the miles, rather than the quantity.
After all, if I can come up with an even more efficient way to train for a marathon without any risk of under-training or over-training, then I will be extremely happy.
If you remember my short write-up about week 3 & 4, you will see that I’ve been training fairly light.
In week 5, I ran 3 times a week for 15km each time. Then, I did 2 days of weight training.
In weeks 6, I ran 15km once, 12km twice and 10km once.
The one thing I would like to mention about all the shorter runs that I’ve been doing: I pushed my pace as much as possible to try to get used to running a bit faster.