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AtomYesterday I only needed to run 1.6 miles to make 35 miles for the week. Since the distance was so short, I decided to see what pace I can run it at and maintain. I started out at about a 7:15 min/mile, but that was obviously too fast I had to walk after about 0.25 miles. I continued to experiment and I found that a 8:30-9:00 felt like a pace I could maintain for a 10K race and even that might be pushing it.
I was rather disappointed. After almost 6 months of pure base building and aerobic running, I was really hoping I could run an 8:00 min/mile pace for 10K, but it doesn’t seem as though that’s something that’s going to happen anytime soon. In order to qualify for Boston, I need to run a full marathon at a 7:37 min/mile pace!!!
I need to do some research as I’m not sure what I should do next. Should I continue doing pure aerobic running for the next several months? Should I start to introduce some speed work? I’m hoping to start my marathon training program for my December marathon at around the end of June. That give me 4 months to try something different. I’m leaning towards continuing to build my mileage and see if I can get up to 50 miles/week and maybe that aerobic base will allow me to run a bit faster.
The other disappointment with my trying to run faster is that my right knee was hurting! When running slow, it hurts a bit, but is manageable and even stops hurting later in my runs, but at the faster pace, I was limping when I was done.
Posted by derek as Training at 9:11 AM PST