Where there is a will, there is a way, they say. I'd say, "Where there is a hill, there is a man who runs it."
It was raining slightly, and a bit chilly for running, but that didn't stop me. I changed into my athletic outfit, and went out for a practice run to hit altogether 16 hills to cover a little over 30 K.
14.9 K: 1:20:22
Water & Food Break: 7:55.43
15.52 K:1:25:42
Total 30.42 K: 2:54:00
I ran out of gas around 27 K, and had slight pain in my right knee in the last couple of kilometers. It doesn't surprise me because the longest I ran before this training is 20 K, and that's more than two weeks ago. I should increase the distance more gradually if I want to avoid injury. Luckily, it didn't lead to any lingering pain because I slowed down to protect it. So there is no problem. I hate injuries. They keep me from training. I have one month before my next race. What shall I do? In the past I would focus on speed because the race in November is 10 K, and speed is required. But this creates one problem. I have a half marathon race only two weeks after the 10 K race. If I focus too much on speed at the sacrifice of long-distance endurance, I cannot catch up by the half marathon. In the past that seems to be exactly what happened. So what will I do? Well, I think I will continue to train around the distance of 25 K and beyond to build solid long-distance endurance, and mix in speed training as a tonic. That's what I'm going to do. My next training is going to be either on Wednesday or Thursday. I may run 25 K at a comfortable pace, or jog 20 K, and do some fast-paced repeats after that.
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