30-05-2010, 04:36 PM
Hi Ed,
I did my 10K race yesterday. I got the exact same time as my last 10K run 3 weeks ago, which was 42:55. :p Overall I'm pretty happy with the result. My pace for the first 2K was much slower in about 4:30 because it was hard to pass all the slower racers (the race had over 8000 people!) After about 4Ks I was able to get in my groove and I followed a comfortable pace of 4:15-4:17, then I gave it all I had in the last km and did it in 4:09. The last week of the cycle was just enough to get me back in good condition, but for sure I would have done better if I hadn't been sick the week before. Most important is that my injury seems to be healed and I'm feeling good today! :great:
I will do my recovery run today and then take a break from the program for the next 3 weeks to do some weight training at the gym. I'm thinking of doing some sort of build up in the 2nd and 3rd weeks with some easy runs a few times a week. I will probably join a group to do 1hr trail runs on Tuesdays and 1h30-2h trail runs (easy pace) on Sundays. Do you have any recommendations for other runs in between?
After that I'm planning to do 2 cycles on the 10K program for a race on July 31st. Then I want to train for a marathon on October 10th. I should already have a good base from the 10K training, but do you think 2 months is enough to train for the marathon?
Thanks Ed.
I did my 10K race yesterday. I got the exact same time as my last 10K run 3 weeks ago, which was 42:55. :p Overall I'm pretty happy with the result. My pace for the first 2K was much slower in about 4:30 because it was hard to pass all the slower racers (the race had over 8000 people!) After about 4Ks I was able to get in my groove and I followed a comfortable pace of 4:15-4:17, then I gave it all I had in the last km and did it in 4:09. The last week of the cycle was just enough to get me back in good condition, but for sure I would have done better if I hadn't been sick the week before. Most important is that my injury seems to be healed and I'm feeling good today! :great:
I will do my recovery run today and then take a break from the program for the next 3 weeks to do some weight training at the gym. I'm thinking of doing some sort of build up in the 2nd and 3rd weeks with some easy runs a few times a week. I will probably join a group to do 1hr trail runs on Tuesdays and 1h30-2h trail runs (easy pace) on Sundays. Do you have any recommendations for other runs in between?
After that I'm planning to do 2 cycles on the 10K program for a race on July 31st. Then I want to train for a marathon on October 10th. I should already have a good base from the 10K training, but do you think 2 months is enough to train for the marathon?
Thanks Ed.