Easy run + strides

Yesterdays run gave me back some confidence in my recovery. Today I incorporated a short tempo element in the training by apternating 25 sec strides with 2 min jog (backed with 3 km zone 2 warmup and 3.5 km zone 2 cooling down).

The strides were quite consistant at 3:02 and 3:03 min / km, which is another confirmation that recovery is going pretty well.

The weather today during the run was typical Dutch weather for november. I started with some rain and even some hail, but 10 min later there sky was clear and there even was a humble sun. Which I can enjoy quite a bit.

Training wise, todays weather is in line with what I would expect for the Spijkenisse run - so it helps to be able to do some runs to determine what type of clothing to wear on raceday.

Next to the run, I did 2 x 9 km of cycling to do some recovery work (increasing blood circulation) and ordered the last things before getting to the carb loading phase.
With that regards, I am still a little in doubt on the basic approach (eat more carbs - both in total aswell as % of total intake) - or - to use a carboloader supplement , - or - make oatmeal shakes myself. My normal approach is to load on the classic method (eat more carbs) as that is tested for me.
My consideration is mostly practical as the 2 days before the event I have family social obligations. For now I am considering a hybride approach, sticking to the classic loading schedule as much as possible but take 1 shake of carboloader during the events (instead of a few bites of pasta every 30 min).

Happy running!