Uphill Training in Munnar

I successfully finished my week 11 last week with this english runner Rupert, pushing me during my 30km run last sunday. I was pretty happy and surprised to have finished the run in less than 3 hours which gives me a lot of confidence to get the Singapore marathon done within 4 hours.

I have two options now after finishing the 16 week schedule for a sub 4 marathon.

a) Use a 12 week sub 3:30 schedule and crack the marathon surely finish the run in less than 4 hours.

b) Use a circuit training schedule which involves a mix of speed interval training, upper and lower body circuits and some long distance running.

Either way I know that I will get my personal best on this run provided the weather is good and provided I don't get injured.

This week I am plugging off from Chennai to go check out running in the hills of Munnar and Thekkady. I am excited about these runs mainly because they will give me sufficient uphill training and also because I don't have to wake up super early to do these runs. I plan to run for about half hour in the mornings and also train in the evenings if time permits.