Running

Pausing my half marathon training plan in week 8

18 May 2025 ·

I’ve decided to pause my half-marathon training plan as my body isn’t recovering enough for me to intensify my training. I will continue running to remain consistent over the next two weeks, but will not engage in any intense interval training or long runs. I hope to see my HRV increase and my RHR decrease by doing so.

While I’m disappointed with the current results, this is just the way it is.

Date	Duration	Average Heartbeat	Distance	Pace	V02Max	HRV	RHR
Week 8	2:10:46	138 bpm	19,2 km	6:47	41,6	52 ms	61 bpm
20250518	43:17	136 bpm	6,17 km	7:01	41,7	57 ms	59bpm
20250516	40:59	150 bpm	6,00 km	6:49	41,8	57 ms	61 bpm
20250513	31:29	137 bpm	5,02 km	6:16	41,8	49 ms	63 bpm
20250512	15:00	129 bpm	2,07 km	7:14	41,5	44 ms	62 bpm

Run Log 20250513

13 May 2025 ·

I completed another easy recovery run here in Barcelona. Running in this city is fun as there are always so many people running on the streets after a workday. While I’m still a tourist in Barcelona, it is great to experience that I can run through the city without using a map.

Run Log 20250512

12 May 2025 ·

With only 6 hours of sleep last night due to an early flight to Barcelona this morning, my body didn’t recover well after yesterday’s 12,8-kilometer long run. So for today, I only completed a 15:00 minute recovery run on the famous Avinguda Diagonal. I trained intending to keep my average heart rate below 130 bpm, which I successfully achieved.

Week 7 of my half marathon training plan

11 May 2025 ·

While this is technically Week 7 of my half-marathon training plan, I needed to return to Week 4 training levels to pick things up again.

Week 4 of my training schedule ended on April 20th. Between then and May 5th, I could only complete four runs, which is now leading to this setback in my schedule. While my initial goal was to increase my pace, I have now adjusted my goal to completing another Half-Marathon distance under 2 hours. The reasoning is twofold:

I need colder weather conditions to beat my personal best (set in December 2016).
My fatigue is high due to a busy period with work-related travel.

Finishing under two hours would still be an improvement compared to my last half-marathon distance run on March 30th of this year.

Date	Duration	Average Heartbeat	Distance	Pace	V02Max	HRV	RHR
Week 7	2:56:27	156 bpm	29,6 km	5:57	41,6	59 ms	59 bpm
20250511	1:24:20	157 bpm	12,88 km	6:33	41,5	54 ms	62 bpm
20250510	16:15	160 bpm	3,24 km	5:01	41,6	68 ms	60 bpm
20250508	6:28	149 bpm	1,02 km	6:20	41,6	61 ms	58 bpm
20250508	26:18	167 bpm	5,04 km	5:13	41,7	61 ms	58 bpm
20250505	28:00	158 bpm	5,03 km	5:34	41,7	54 ms	57 bpm
20250505	15:04	145 bpm	2,43 km	6:31	41,7	54 ms	57 bpm

Run Log 20250510

10 May 2025 ·

To assess my running pace, I repeated the same interval workout today that I did on March 26. While I’m not quite back to where I was a little over six weeks ago, I am pleased with today’s training, as I was able to increase my pace for each set.

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