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Week 5

5 Oct11 Oct

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Distance0 / 42 km
Long run0 / 21.1 km
Runs0 / 4
Coach

Your first race of the block, and it is a training run with a bib on. Twenty-one kilometres is a jump from 16 last week, which is exactly why a race is a good place to do it: the crowd and the course carry you further than a solo Sunday would. Go out slowly. If you finish thinking you held back, you got it right.

Day by day

plan only — nothing logged yet
  • Mon5 OctRest

    Rest

    Full rest.

  • Tue6 OctEasy

    Easy run + Strength A

    7 km planned

    Easy 7 km, then squats, single-leg step-ups, calf raises and plank. 40 minutes.

    Target 8:10–8:45 /km in Bangkok

  • Wed7 OctEasy

    Easy run

    7 km planned

    Easy 7 km. No quality session this week — the race is the session.

    Target 8:10–8:45 /km in Bangkok

  • Thu8 OctEasy

    Easy run + Strength B

    7 km planned

    Easy 7 km, then hip and glute work. 25 minutes. Last run before race day.

    Target 8:10–8:45 /km in Bangkok

  • Fri9 OctRest

    Rest

    Rest. Legs up.

  • Sat10 OctRest

    Rest

    Rest. Lay your kit out tonight and eat normally.

  • Sun11 OctRace

    Half marathon

    21.1 km planned

    RACE: half marathon. Run it as a long run, not a race — start slower than the crowd and finish knowing you could have gone on. The clock does not matter today.

    Target 7:55–8:25 /km in Bangkok