Sunday, March 29, 2009

It's been a while

Time sure flies. Have intended to update this blog but I didn't realise it has been quite that long.

I am still running (just haven't been blogging) and I have managed to stay injury free by not increasing my distances too radically.

I have decided that for the time being I am going to stick to 12ks longest run. This seems to be a good distance for me. I can run it without getting too fatigued, which is when I lose form and my niggles start to get worse.

So much for those thoughts of entering a marathon that I entertained for a while last year. I have realised that I enjoy running too much and don't enjoy walking around with sore knees and a sore back the rest of the time. So if I can keep running (and enjoying those runs ) then that is the most important thing.

I will probably enter the 10k run at the Macleay River Marathon in June. J is going to do it again and I am hoping that he might push me to a PB. I have only run a 10k race once and my time was 54.49 (that was 3 years ago). J (who was 10 at the time) ran it last year in 49.50.

2 Comments:

At 4:53 PM, Blogger Lulu said...

Sounds like a good plan and after a while the 12km will seem relatively easy and you can increase it again. I find I get to about 14km and I start creaking!

 
At 9:52 PM, Blogger Samurai Running said...

Hi RU

you might also find that after a couple of years of that kind of mileage you will be, that is you and your body, will have adapted and be ready for a marathon and the training you need to run a decent one.

At this stage you're right to run for pleasure, I guess I would have saved myself a lot of injuries if I had just built up a little more slowly.

Seen anymore Dingos thesedays?

 

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