Adding a 30km race to a run plan

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Hi! I have been using Athletica since late last year. I’m loving the platform :smile:
I have entered a marathon in early July. I’m looking to put together a training plan. The marathon is my A race. For ‘tune up race’s,’ I’m going to enter a half marathon, which will be my B race and a 30km race , which is my C race. My question is how do I enter a 30km race into a plan? I can’t see that option in the settings. Many thanks!

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Hi @garse01. Glad you’re loving Athletica. For your 30k C race, I think you have two options.

  1. Enter it in as a C race in your settings (don’t forget to click “skip test week” as you’re already moving through your training)
  2. Just substitute your weekend long run for this 30k race, and also move your Saturday workout to Sunday which will likely make it closer to the planned distance.
    Note that doing 1 will give you a full taper which you might not want, so 2 is likely the safer play in this if its truly a C race and you’re just going to train through it.
    Hope that helps.
    Best,
    Paul
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Hi Paul,

Thanks for your reply!

I think option 2 would be preferable.

I’m excited to see how Athletica is going to help me to achieve a marathon PR.

Regards,

Chris

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