Marathon de Paris 2014
It took two attempts at breaking the internet queue (with 7 hours sleep in between) but we finally got through to enter Marathon de Paris 2014, April 6.
We originally had this race down for 2015 but somehow in 2014 all the dots lined up.
Dot 1: Marathon de Paris weeks after AMA Championships in Hobart
Dot 2: Paris Roubaix scheduled for Sunday following MdP in 2014, usually same day. We will see Paris Roubaix as well.
Dot 3: Two weeks away in France leads straight into the Easter break in 2014, a break after the break.
So we have a hotel, airfares, registration...not much more to do. Two times to France in 2014:-)
What does that mean for training?...not too much. I will start building up the long run, add more threshold runs in place of short speed sessions, maybe a few more kilometres each week but none of that until I complete the racing block before Xmas.
After Xmas: At Oceania Masters Championships in Bendigo I will run 5000m and Half Marathon (as training), not the 1500m or cross country.
At AMA Championships I will run 10000m, 5000m, XC on consecutive days (had to do that anyway).
Below: Minnie at the cobbles of Arenberg in 2010 ; a scene from the Seine in 2011 ; Arc in 2008
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We originally had this race down for 2015 but somehow in 2014 all the dots lined up.
Dot 1: Marathon de Paris weeks after AMA Championships in Hobart
Dot 2: Paris Roubaix scheduled for Sunday following MdP in 2014, usually same day. We will see Paris Roubaix as well.
Dot 3: Two weeks away in France leads straight into the Easter break in 2014, a break after the break.
So we have a hotel, airfares, registration...not much more to do. Two times to France in 2014:-)
What does that mean for training?...not too much. I will start building up the long run, add more threshold runs in place of short speed sessions, maybe a few more kilometres each week but none of that until I complete the racing block before Xmas.
After Xmas: At Oceania Masters Championships in Bendigo I will run 5000m and Half Marathon (as training), not the 1500m or cross country.
At AMA Championships I will run 10000m, 5000m, XC on consecutive days (had to do that anyway).
Below: Minnie at the cobbles of Arenberg in 2010 ; a scene from the Seine in 2011 ; Arc in 2008
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