Marvin’s Training
TRAINING BLOCK 12:
12th May - 25th May
Monday
12/5/2025
Rest
Tuesday
13/5/2025
Easy run:
5km
Wednesday
14/5/2025
Rest
Thursday
15/5/2025
Very easy run::
3km
Friday
16/5/2025
RACE DAY!
Saturday
17/5/2025
RACE DAY!
Sunday
18/5/2025
RACE DAY!
Pace:
Easy run: 6:12min/km
Very easy run: 7-7:30min/km
NOTES: Maaaaarvin, last week, really just a few days before the big race. This week is about rest, you should be feeling excited and ready to run, but you have to control your mind and body and get the body and mind in rest mode. The very easy run the day before the race is one of my favourite things that i do all the time. Your easy run pace is 6:12, you should run this one around 7/7:30 pace. It's just to move and get the muscles activated. Your training is over my friend, there is nothing else you can do now !! I'm really excited to see you crush it !!
TRAINING BLOCK 11:
28 April - 11th May
Monday
28/4/2025
Rest
Tuesday
29/4/2025
Easy run:
10km
Wednesday
30/4/2025
Intervals:
10min WU
2x 100m
2x 200m
2x 300m
2x 400m
10min CD
Thursday
1/5/2025
Easy run:
6km
Friday
2/5/2025
Rest
Saturday
3/5/2025
Long run:
25km
Sunday
4/5/2025
Rest
Pace:
Easy run: 6:12min/km
Long run: 6:12-6:59min/km
Tempo: 5:10min/km
SSR: 5:45min/km
NOTES: Marvin !!! It’s getting so close !! Last week of real training with only 1 workout and your last long run! After that, is tapering, and all your runs will be done at an easy pace. For your 10km run with 5x strides, you just push your pace at 80% effort and slow down a bit to recover. No need to sprint or do more than 5, this is simply to keep a bit of intensity in your body and activate your lactate threshold. Start to think about food and prep yourself to carb load. You still have a bit of time before starting carb loading and decreasing fiber but it's better to think ahead! You are doing well mate!
Monday
5/5/2025
Rest
Tuesday
6/5/2025
Easy run:
7km
Wednesday
7/5/2025
Easy run:
10kmAdd 5x 100m strides
Thursday
8/5/2025
Rest
Friday
9/5/2025
Easy run:
6km
Saturday
10/5/2025
Long run:
12km on trail
Sunday
11/5/2025
Rest
TRAINING BLOCK 10:
14 April - 27th April
Monday
14/4/2025
Rest
Tuesday
15/4/2025
Easy run:
10km
Wednesday
16/4/2025
SSR:
10min WU
30min SSR
10min CD
Thursday
17/4/2025
Easy run:
7km
Friday
18/4/2025
Rest
Saturday
19/4/2025
Long run:
22km
Sunday
20/4/2025
Rest
Pace:
Easy run: 6:12min/km
Long run: 6:12-6:59min/km
Tempo: 5:10min/km
SSR: 5:45min/km
NOTES: Hey Marvin, first congrats on the NTTD simulation, it was very good to see you running it and staying strong for 10h. Keep practicing your nutrition and I can see you crushing it on the day. We are in the final 5 weeks of training and they are very important as we need to keep training in order to get the body at the level of progression but be careful of pain and niggles due to fatigue. For your hills reps workout, do it as a ladder like an interval training, speed but not sprint (run at 80% effort and walk down to recover), at the end you should be tired but not exhausted. ideally do it in the morning and if you feel good late afternoon/evening you should go for a small easy run of 3 or 4 km. Other than that you doing great mate, keep the spirit!
Monday
21/4/2025
Rest
Tuesday
22/4/2025
Easy run:
7km
Wednesday
23/4/2025
Hills:
10min WU
2x 200m
2x300m
1x 400m
2x 300m
2x 200m
10min CD
Thursday
24/4/2025
Rest
Friday
25/4/2025
Easy run:
7km
Saturday
26/4/2025
Long run:
27km on trail
Sunday
27/4/2025
Rest
TRAINING BLOCK 9:
31st March - 13th April
Monday
31/3/2025
Easy run:
5km
Tuesday
1/4/2025
Tempo
10min WU
3x 10min tempo with 2min recovery jog between
10min CD
Wednesday
2/4/2025
Rest
Thursday
3/4/2025
Easy run:
5km
Friday
4/4/2025
Easy run:
3km
Saturday
5/4/2025
NTTD Simulation
Sunday
6/4/2025
Rest
Pace:
Easy run: 6:12min/km
Long run: 6:12-6:59min/km
Tempo: 5:10min/km
NOTES: Hey Marvin, I hope you are ready for the NTTD simulation, it will be great training to do. The week after the simulation will be an easy week before putting in a few more good sessions before the real day. Keep up the hard work and stay positive, you are almost there. Good work!
Monday
7/4/2025
Rest
Tuesday
8/4/2025
Easy run:
7km
Wednesday
9/4/2025
Easy run:
10km
Thursday
10/4/2025
Rest
Friday
11/4/2025
Easy run:
7km
Saturday
12/4/2025
Long run:
15km on trail
Sunday
13/4/2025
Rest
TRAINING BLOCK 8:
17 March - 30th March
Monday
17/3/2025
Rest
Tuesday
18/3/2025
Easy run:
7km
Wednesday
19/3/2025
SSR:
10min WU
20min SSR
10min CD
Thursday
20/3/2025
Easy run:
10km
Friday
21/3/2025
Rest
Saturday
22/3/2025
Long run:
3hrs on trail
Sunday
23/3/2025
Hills:
10min WU
4x 200m up hill walk down to recover
10min CD
Pace:
Easy run: 6:12min/km
Long run: 6:12-6:59min/km
SSR: 5:45min/km
Tempo: 5:10min/km
NOTES: Hey Marvin, I hope you are well. Here we are, 2 hard weeks before a small tapering before NTTD simulation. Unfortunately I will not be able to do the hill reps with you this time as I will be in Perth running or recovering from BYU. You know what to do, try to take pick a hill that’s not too steep and do your hill reps on it, don't push too hard, you need you save some energy for the NTTD simulation
Monday
24/3/2025
Rest
Tuesday
25/3/2025
Easy run:
7km
Wednesday
26/3/2025
Tempo
10min WU
3x 10min tempo with 2min recovery jog between
10min CD
Thursday
27/3/2025
Rest
Friday
28/3/2025
Easy run:
7km
Saturday
29/3/2025
Long run:
5hrs on trail
Sunday
30/3/2025
Hills:
10min WU
4x 200m up hill walk down to recover
10min CD
TRAINING BLOCK 7:
3rd March - 16th March
Monday
3/3/2025
Rest
Tuesday
4/3/2025
Easy run:
7km
Wednesday
5/3/2025
Rest
Thursday
6/3/2025
Easy run:
10km
Friday
7/3/2025
Rest
Saturday
8/3/2025
SSR:
10min WU
20min SSR
10min CD
Sunday
9/3/2025
Easy run:
7km
Pace:
Easy run: 6:12min/km
Long run: 6:12-6:59min/km
SSR: 5:45min/km
NOTES: Hey Marvin, well done on your big week! It’s awesome to see you performing like that and to see that you can put a good amount of kms in and have the body holding up very well. This week is still a bit of an easy week for you as I want you to recover fully before going in a 4 week period where the mileage will increase a lot. Well done and keep your Saturday 5th of April free for NTTD simulation !
Monday
10/3/2025
Easy run:
10km
Tuesday
11/3/2025
Rest
Wednesday
12/3/2025
SSR:
10min WU
2x 15min SSR with 5min recovery jog between
10min CD
Thursday
13/3/2025
Rest
Friday
14/3/2025
Easy run:
7km
Saturday
15/3/2025
Long run:
2hrs on trail
Sunday
16/3/2025
Light exercise like walking or cycling
TRAINING BLOCK 6:
17th February - 2nd March
Monday
17/2/2025
Rest
Tuesday
18/2/2025
Easy run:
7km
Wednesday
19/2/2025
Tempo:
10min WU
4x 6min at 5:10/km with 2min recovery jog
10min CD
Thursday
20/2/2025
Easy run:
5km
Friday
21/2/2025
Rest
Saturday
22/2/2025
Easy run:
5km
Sunday
23/2/2025
Rest
Pace:
Easy run: 6:12min/km
Long run: 6:12-6:59min/km
Tempo: 5:10/km
NOTES: Hi Marvin, awesome work on the training, I'm forcing you to put down your milage this first week as you will have a massive week on your birthday week. After you recover from Belair we will keep high mileage to reach a massive peak of training in April. It will be awesome. Enjoy a relaxing week before the next one!
Monday
24/2/2025
43km for the birthday boy
Tuesday
25/2/2025
Rest
Wednesday
26/2/2025
Easy run:
5km
Thursday
27/2/2025
Rest
Friday
28/2/2025
Easy run:
3km
Saturday
1/3/2025
Belair Marathon
Sunday
2/3/2025
Rest
TRAINING BLOCK 5:
3rd February - 16th February
Monday
3/2/2025
Rest
Tuesday
4/2/2025
Easy run:
7km
Wednesday
5/2/2025
SSR:
10min WU
20min SSR
10min CD
Thursday
6/2/2025
Easy run:
8.5km
Friday
7/2/2025
Rest
Saturday
8/2/2025
Long run:
19km on trail
Sunday
9/2/2025
Easy run:
9.5km
Pace:
Easy run: 6:12min/km
Long run: 6:12-6:59min/km
SSR: 5:45/km
NOTES: Hi Marvin, let's start the endurance training period. From now we will increase your distance every week, it can be super tiring with all the other life commitments we have but it's necessary to get the body ready for the race. One thing at the time though, let's get you ready for your big birthday week mate!
Monday
10/2/2025
Rest
Tuesday
11/2/2025
Easy run:
7km
Wednesday
12/2/2025
SSR:
10min WU
24min SSR
10min CD
Thursday
13/2/2025
Easy run:
9.5km
Friday
14/2/2025
Rest
Saturday
15/2/2025
Easy run:
8.5km
Sunday
16/2/2025
Long run:
24.5km
on trail (group run)
TRAINING BLOCK 4:
20th January - 2nd February
Monday
20/1/2025
Rest
Tuesday
21/1/2025
Easy run:
7km
Wednesday
22/1/2025
Hills:
10min WU
4x 200m, walk down to recover
10min CD
Thursday
23/1/2025
Easy run:
7km
Friday
24/1/2025
Rest
Saturday
25/1/2025
Long run:
16km
Sunday
26/1/2025
Easy run:
8km
Pace:
Easy run: 6:12min/km
Long run: 6:12-6:59min/km
Intervals: 4:40min/km
Tempo; 5:10min/km
NOTES: Hi Marvin, the focus on speed training ended last week, now we will start to build endurance. You will still do some speed workouts with some tempo and SSR but the main focus now is endurance. Get ready to put some miles in your legs! This will be the best time to work on your nutrition and mental training as well.
Monday
27/1/2025
Rest
Tuesday
28/1/2025
Easy run:
7km
Wednesday
29/1/2025
Tempo:
10min WU
4x 5min at tempo pace with 2min recovery jog between
10min CD
Thursday
30/1/2025
Easy run:
8km
Friday
31/1/2025
Rest
Saturday
1/2/2025
Long run:
22km
on trail
Sunday
2/2/2025
Easy run:
7km
TRAINING BLOCK 3:
6th January - 19th January
Monday
6/1/2025
Rest
Tuesday
7/1/2025
Easy run:
7km
Wednesday
8/1/2025
Intervals
10min WU
7x 400m with 1min recovery
10min CD
Thursday
9/1/2025
Easy run:
7km
Friday
10/1/2025
Rest
Saturday
11/1/2025
Long run:
13km
Sunday
12/1/2025
Easy run:
8km
Pace:
Easy run: 6:12min/km
Long run: 6:12-6:59min/km
Intervals: 4:40min/km
NOTES: Hi Marvin, I hope everything is all good and you are ready to train hard. We are at the end of the speed training part of the program. In the next few weeks we will focus on the endurance training. I will see you on Wednesday at the uni loop for a good speed session and in the meantime, don't forget to stretch: stretching routine.
Monday
13/1/2025
Rest
Tuesday
14/1/2025
Easy run:
7km
Wednesday
15/1/2025
Hills workout
10min WU
4x 200m uphill
walk down to recover
10min CD
Thursday
16/1/2025
Easy run:
8km
Friday
17/1/2025
Rest
Saturday
18/1/2025
Long run:
18km
on trail
Sunday
19/1/2025
Easy run:
7km
TRAINING BLOCK 2:
23rd December - 5th January
Monday
23/12/2024
Rest
Tuesday
24/12/2024
Easy run:
7km
Wednesday
25/12/2024
Rest
Thursday
26/12/2024
Easy run:
7km
Friday
27/12/2024
Rest
Saturday
28/12/2024
Long run:
10km
Sunday
29/12/2024
Easy run:
7km
Pace:
Easy run: 6:12min/km
Long run: 6:12-6:59min/km
Intervals: 4:40min/km
NOTES: Hi Marvin, well done on your first few weeks of training, I have updated your training pace after the results of your threshold test, you won a large 10s/km which it's pretty awesome. Enjoy some easy weeks over Christmas and new years. Your scheduled runs should be done easy and on the feeling of the body. We will be back on the 2nd week of January for some specific training! Merry Christmas and happy new year!
Monday
30/12/2024
Rest
Tuesday
31/12/2024
Easy run:
7km
Wednesday
1/1/2025
Rest
Thursday
2/1/2025
Easy run:
7km
Friday
3/1/2025
Rest
Saturday
4/1/2025
Long run:
15km
Sunday
5/1/2025
Easy run:
7km
TRAINING BLOCK 1:
2nd December - 22nd December
Monday
2/12/2024
Rest
Tuesday
3/12/2024
Easy run:
7km
Wednesday
4/12/2024
Intervals:
10min WU
2x100m
2x200m
2x300m
1x400m
1x200m
take 1min static recovery between each interval
10min CD
Thursday
5/12/2024
Rest
Friday
6/12/2024
Easy run:
7km
Saturday
7/12/2024
Long run:
15km
Sunday
8/12/2024
Easy run:
7km
Pace:
Easy run: 6:25min/km
Long run: 6:25-7:15min/km
Intervals: 4:50min/km
NOTES: Hi Marvin, welcom to your training page! Here we are, ready to train hard for NTTD! We will start with some intervals for the first couple of weeks, it will help to increase your V02 Max and will give me a good idea if the training pace predictions are right. I'm sure it sounds logical for you, but “WU” and “CD” means Warm Up and Cool Down. As you can see, your easy runs are 7km from now, no more runs less than this to start the conditioning of your body. Enjoy these 3 weeks and keep me updated of how everything is going.
Monday
9/12/2024
Rest
Tuesday
10/12/2024
Easy run:
7km
Wednesday
11/12/2024
Intervals:
10min WU
6x800m with 5min recovery jog
10min CD
Thursday
12/12/2024
Rest
Friday
13/12/2024
Easy run:
7km
Saturday
14/12/2024
Long run:
15km
Sunday
15/12/2024
Easy run:
7km
Monday
16/12/2024
Rest
Tuesday
17/12/2024
Easy run:
7km
Wednesday
18/12/2024
Intervals:
10min WU
4x800m with 5min recovery jog
10min CD
Thursday
19/12/2024
Rest
Friday
20/12/2024
Easy run:
3km
(This is under 7km because of the threshold test)
Saturday
21/12/2024
Threshold test:
1hour
Sunday
22/12/2024
Rest