Week 1

Then the first week of training is over!
I started training last Saturday and ran a lot in the weekend, so much that I needed a rest on Monday. Then I ran Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Inn all opf these days I ran a total of 70 km. My goal was 70 km this week, and slowly I will incease the amount of km (next week my goal is 80km).


Now it's 9 weeks until the race goes off, and I have to remember to start running in the morning during March month, so my body can get used to run early. (The race starts at 6:30 AM on April 4th).


I have written down all the numbers (heart rate, kcal, pace, time, distance with and without my dog etc), and I'll present these numbers later.

The conditions have not been awesome. There has been snow, and I need to run with crampons (broddar) which make my shoes heavier then what they normally will be. I try to run intervalls as well as long slow duration running. Yesterday I ran 5 times 2000 meters, in wind and snow. It hasn't been too cold. It was -9 degrees at the coldest, but it's supposed to be a lot colder next week.


Next week I will run in several different places, since I'm travelling around Norway to present my college university for future students. It shouldn't be a big problem, but running in new places where I don't know the area can be challenging.


I've also been doing strength training as normal, which I'm pleased with. When I rest my legs, I can train my upper body. I'm about 87-88kg, and doubt I will get any lighter before the race. It will be tough to carry so much unuseful musclemass, but that's how it will be. In addition to strenght training (5-6 times a week) I also play football (soccer) for Koppang. We train twice a week and here I get a lot of intervall training since we play a lot on a small pitch indoor.


My goal is still 4 hours and 30 minutes, but I've seen that there is "siver medal" to everyone that run in less than 4 hours. I don't know if this is even possible for a guy my size, but maybe it can be a dreamgoal? I start quite far back, so I need to overtake ALOT of people, but that also might motivate me even more during the race, as long as I'm not being held 'cause of the crowd.


Week one out of ten is done! Bring on the next one!