Below you can find a training program for Red Bull Nordenskiöldsloppet for the month of March.
What to consider when you read the program:
- Prioritize long trainings. Try at least to perform some several hours long trainings if you can’t follow whole the program.
- Shift days if that suits you better. The reason why Sundays are rest days is that many participants have families.
- If you don´t have access to snow exchange your trainings with SkiErg, roller skiing and running/walking with poles.
- Long distance pace means the pace that you approximately could hold for 2 hours.
WEEK 10 (Mar 5-12):
Monday:
Rest. Take it really slow for 5 days if you’ve skied Vasaloppet.
Tuesday:
1 h skiing at planned race intensity (not pace) for Nordenskiöldsloppet.
Wednesday:
Rest
Thursday:
2 h skiing at planned race intensity (not pace) for Nordenskiöldsloppet.
Friday:
Rest
Saturday:
2 h skiing. First half easy, second half at long distance pace.
Sunday:
Rest
WEEK 11 (Mar 12-18):
Monday:
1 h easy skiing.
Tuesday:
Ski. 4 x 8 min-intervals with 2 min rest. 15 min warm-up, 10 min cool down.
Wednesday:
Rest
Thursday:
1 h skiing at planned race intensity (not pace) for Nordenskiöldsloppet.
Friday:
Rest
Saturday:
3 h easy skiing.
Sunday:
Rest
WEEK 12 (Mar 19-25):
Monday:
1 h skiing. First half easy, second half at long distance pace.
Tuesday:
1 h easy skiing.
Wednesday:
Rest
Thursday:
Rest.
Friday:
30 min easy skiing in the race tracks of Nordenskiöldsloppsbanan
Saturday:
Nordenskiöldsloppet!
Sunday:
Rest as much as you can.
