Longest Run Yet!! 18km (Read 1768 times)

hey guys, I just did my longest run so far tonight. 18km - 1:37:24 It felt absolutely awesome. I worked hard in keeping my form the whole way. I was cruising pretty easy for about 12k then in the lst 6k everything started to niggle. The last 500m was terrible as there is a big hill and it seemed to never end. Overall i am happy with my effort, and i will defintaly be doing more of them!!

Congrats on a nice run. Those long ones will definitely get easier with time. Just a quick note on your training. Right now you are doing almost half your miles each week on a long run. Most people would suggest bringing that percentage down to about 30%. For instance, right now I am running 12 miles out of 40 for my long run. For you that would probably mean just start trying to fill in your off days with some short easy runs to increase your mileage slowly. This will help those long runs feel a whole lot easier. I know from personal experience.

Many congratulations my friend! Keep it up!

assuming you feel good I would increase your weekly km, probably the easiest way for you right now is to fill in your "off" days where you don't run. For instance, in the last 14 days in your log, you have 6 days off. If you just run 5K on 4 of those days (2 each week) instead of running 30K a week you are running 40K a week. Then a long run would be 13-14K

While I agree with most of what Matt's trying to say, I would throw a word of caution in. Yes, you're 15. But 15 year olds can still get overuse injuries. (Been there, done that! ) Jumping from 30K with 2 rest days to 40K with 1 rest day per week is a big jump - one that might be best done over a period of several weeks. Don't do it all at once. You're a fast runner and you're having fun with it. Great! Don't mess it up by ramping up too quickly. And if it stops being fun, tone it down a bit rather than quitting. This sport is best done over a time period of decades, not months.

ok! cool! thank you very much for your help!

good job with the long run. but i dont wanna bring u down or anything but putting down 18 miles for a long run is a bit extreme i think u need to build a base or ur gonna get injured..

It was 18K

Hey guys just a quick update, I completed my first half marathon training run yesterday. I was not planning on doing a half marathon, I was planning on doing a 18km long run, but at race pace. I prepared for the run like a race with a day off before, and good meals, and planned water stations. I felt really good before the run so i was expecting a reasonable time. I finished the first 11k in 51:33mins, and at this stage i was feeling great. I continued on and at 18k i was at about 83mins. I felt reasonably good at that stage so i altered my run slightly to the half marathon track. I finished the half in 98:16 (1hr38min16s). I was fairly proud of this result, seeing as it is my longest run yet and it was a good time. I really enjoyed the run, it was long enough to enjoy, but not too long to hate. The perfect distance. CJ