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:
    10km

    Add 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