To be able to average 60kms a day/420km per week I’m going to have to work on my base running ability.
Unfortunately I can’t afford the time to simulate anywhere near that in training, so I’m going to have to work on building my weekly mileage and hope that the excitement of the challenge carries me over the line.
It is the first day of April and this year (not including 3 weeks of injury in January) I have recorded ~600km of running. I’m averaging 70kms per week and building this gradually (despite a small setback that was Tropical Cyclone Debbie).
The plan is:
April – Build up to 90-100kms per week and to run 2 longer 40/50km events.
May – 1 long 50km+ run per week in addition to the usual running schedule.
June – June the plan is to run two long runs back to back before starting a taper down to 70km per week until the start date.
All going well, I should have 2000kms in my legs for the year before starting the adventure.
In addition to the running, I will do core workouts 2 times a week… incorporating planks, squats, pull-ups as well as plenty of hip exercises with my PTP micro band.
The plan is always subject to change.