I seldom feel pleasure in just running, but that hasn’t stopped me at being good at it.
There was a point though, in 2013 when I was training for the Augusta Half Iron, I was running through Canada in the spring, through the snow capped hills in the crisp air, doing 10mi runs on Sundays, that I think I actually enjoyed those runs.
But, later that year I blew out my knee, and haven’t tried to run long distance since. I really like a good 5min run though, so 1 mi is a sweet race to me. I’ve pushed my knee really hard in intervals and going 100% for short distances and it’s totally cool now.
Below is some info about the Nike Sub2Hr Project to set the first marathon time under 2 hours. That is 26.2 miles averaging 4 minutes and 35 seconds per mile. Completely amazing. I can’t imagine the feeling setting such an amazing pace and just…missing…it. Yikes.
The attempt was held on May 6, 2017 at the Formula One oval in Monza, Italy. The three runners making the attempt did about 17.5 laps of a roughly 1.5-mile circuit.
Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya, the 2016 Olympic marathon champion, came agonizingly close to breaking 2:00. He finished in 2:00:25, or roughly 1 second per mile too slow. Zersenay Tadese, the world record-holder in the half marathon, finished in 2:06:51. Lelisa Desisa, a two-time Boston Marathon winner, finished in 2:14:10.
Although Kipchoge ran more than two and a half minutes faster than anyone else ever has for the marathon, his time won’t count as a world record, because the race didn’t follow two standard rules of competition. First, pacers entered and exited the course throughout the race. Second, the runners received fluids from a moving person (in this case, on a moped) rather than from a stationary set-up.
Sorry all because I “monopolize” this thread for personal use : I write my progress and objective to give me more determination
Just before obtaining the result of level 2, I swore if I passed, I would run 5km in 25m30s by the end of this summer (I’ll give myself 4 weeks more, so by the end of September). I’ll keep my word. Now, If I can’t realize this objective, I swear I can’t pass the level 3 next year.
My progress
23/07: interval training 7 x 2 minutes intervals with 14km/h, 2 minutes breaks with 6km/h. Half dead.
24/07: 5.39km in 30m (10.76km/h or 5km in 27m53s) on the 1% incline treadmill. Almost dead
25/07: 5.48km in 30m (10.98km/h or 5km in 27m22s) on the 1% incline treadmill. I think I could run more. Perhaps because of my level 2 result.
I’ll do 2 more sessions this week: an interval training and a 30m running.
This sounds about right. When I started running in the spring, I couldn’t even jog for more than 5 minutes without stopping, much less come anywhere close to finishing a 5K in any amount of time. It took me 15 weeks (a little less than 4 months) from there to get under 26 minutes for the 5K. I hardly do any treadmill work though, all roads and hills. I’d probably suggest doing that to accelerate your timeline, versus just running indoors with no resistance.
Thanks for your advice. I like to run outdoor but the park near my house is closed this summer and I can’t run on roads. So, treadmill is my sole option . Yes, even running on treadmill is quite boring.
But now, I think running on treadmill is not as bad as I thought, I can control my speed and I think the risk of injury will be limited. In order to simulating the outdoor running, I set 1% incline.
27/07: interval training 3 x 2 minutes intervals with 14.5km/h, 2 minutes breaks with 6km/h.
28/07: 5.5km in 30m (11km/h or 5km in 27m16s) on the 1% incline treadmill. Almost dead
27/07: interval training 4 x 2 minutes intervals with 14.5km/h, 2 minutes breaks with 6km/h. Try the fifth run but I could’t.
From 31/07 to 06/08: I was sick and became lazy.
07/08: 5.47km in 30m (10.94km/h or 5km in 27m25s) on the 1% incline treadmill. After one week without training, I loose 9 seconds of performance and 12 training days.
My target of this week: be able to run 5.5 km in 30m and 4x2 minutes intervals with 14.5km/h.
: I write my progress and objective to give me more determination 