Hi all, welcome back again to my running blog on my journey towards the NN Marathon Rotterdam 2025!
After my last marathon in februari 2025 I did a quick turn around to get ready for Rotterdam 2 months later. I had quite some luck in that I didn’t have a serious injury so I could just continue training (my only injury was that I lost two toenails).
I did 2 weeks of reduced intensity after which I started building towards my next peak weeks again! Last week I finished the first peakweek with 77 km. This week I try to reach roughly 80 km. After today’s short run I am already at 35 km and feel confident towards this weekly goal.
Today was a busy day at work, as I gave multiple coaching sessions and had a deadline due to publish a big report. After sitting a few hours behind the PC I feel I need some movement. I took a mini break to do a short 5km run and I felt refreshed afterwards! Although I still have to do some effort to meet the deadline I feel energetic again and better able to concentrate!
The run:
While I only had half an hour to run a bit and refresh myself to get back to work, I raining had just stopped and the sun started shining again.
I didn’t focus on heartbeat or pace I just focussed on clearing the mind a bit and relaxing. It did feel a bit odd as I wasn’t wearing my running cap :) but I had a great time!
Happy running
