Year 2022

2022 was essentially a comeback year. 2021 was pretty much a washout, thanks to Covid-19, work, other priorities and my general lack of interest in running. I always knew I would resume one day, I didn't have any FOMO as such :), thanks to solo training for a few years. 2019 & 2020 were some busy training years, you can read about them here and here respectively. A meagre 522 kms in 2021, of those ~420 km came in Q1-2021 and the remaining 100 km across the 3 quarters of the year. Subpar training volume! Less said better.

2022

Started the year and the first week recovering from Covid-19 fading Delta variant at the time. Gave myself another 6-8 weeks to ease into the year, there was enough going on the work front which kept me occupied. I did a Tirupati trip with family early Feb, post the trip, I eased into walking 3-4 times a week. My cardio fitness was in the toilet, I was super cautious and patient to build it brick-by-brick. I did a bit of walk-run-walk regime in April to go run the TCS 10K Bengaluru event, a race that I'd registered in 2020 which was deferred in 2020 & 2021 due to Covid-19 until mid-May. I kept momentum and mileage of about 25-40 km/week through May & Jun. Q3 I trained for NYC Marathon, you can read all about it here.

  • 99.99% solo training
  • Averaged ~30 km/week, 3-4 days of running/week 
  • 1612 km, this was about ~44% of 2020 training volume
  • 185 hours, this was about ~50% of 2020 training hours
  • Big 0 km on the saddle, no cycling whatsoever
  • Averaged a minute slower pace in comparison to 2020 runs, this was largely due to extremely slow running to build aerobic base and minuscule speed work sprinkled in closer to NYC Marathon 
  • Maintained body weight in the ballpark of 70 kg (~155 lb)
  • Barring the deferred TCS 10K Bengaluru race, stayed away from events - I don't intend to change that
  • 2 events - TCS 10K (mid-May) & TCS NYC Marathon (Early-Nov)
  • Touchwood remained injury-free
2023
  • Be consistent and up the training volume
  • Try and get to 75% of 2020 training volume, which would translate to ~50 km/week, eventually to take it to 2020 levels in 2024, all being well
  • Strength train at least twice a week and consistently
  • Train for TCS London Marathon end of April
  • Qualify and run Malnad Ultra 50 km end of Nov w/ Sriram to ring his 50th birthday in 2023 in style

Comments

  1. Raj SubramaniJanuary 1, 2023 at 1:29 AM

    Best wishes for achieving your 2023 goals.

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    1. Arun RajaramanJanuary 1, 2023 at 1:29 AM

      Thank you!

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    2. rajaramanJanuary 1, 2023 at 2:51 AM

      Get back to your 2020 figures slow and steady. Hope London in Apr will provide a better weather than what you experienced in Newyork marathon..

      Wishing you all the best to achieve your planned goals in 2023.

      Rajaraman

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    3. Arun RajaramanJanuary 1, 2023 at 5:19 AM

      Over 24 months. London I am hoping would be cooler. NYC was a bit of an anomaly weather wise.

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