Sun Run – Weeks 9, 10 and 11

Posted in Commentary on January 19th, 2010 by Sacha Peter

Although the beginning of January was disrupted by vacation plans, I resumed running at the regular three times a week schedule and started off again with some maintenance running, with about 30 minutes of total running load, dispersed with 1 minute walks every 3, 4 and 5 minutes. I started to go by “the book” again, starting at week 6 on January 16th, a Saturday.

The runs have been proceeding fine with respect to cardiovascular impact and also the feel of the feet.

Yesterday, however, it was a nice day outside and I attempted to run outside for a simple 3 minute run, 1 minute walk, repeated 7 times. I was wearing a different set of shoes (I was not at my usual location on the treadmill) and noticed around the 15 minute mark that my calves were feeling very tender. It could be either due to me not wearing these shoes for awhile, or that I am not too accustomed to running on asphalt (opposed to treadmill rubber). I will be experimenting with this by wearing my old used shoes that I normally train with and see if it causes as much trouble. I am also curious whether my actual pace is the normal 6.6 miles an hour that I keep the treadmill out – I would suspect I am slightly faster than this outside.

I’ve got roughly 15 weeks to get to the point where I can run 55 minutes straight and to also try to improve my speed such that I will be able to do it at an average speed of 6.7 miles per hour, exactly.

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2 Responses to “Sun Run – Weeks 9, 10 and 11”

  1. Jamil says:
    January 19, 2010 at 6:40 am

    Be careful – I’ve been told that if your incline on the treadmill is zero degrees, it is the equivalent of running downhill. And make sure to stretch!

  2. Sacha says:
    January 19, 2010 at 10:33 am

    That’s a good point, I should take a leveler and see if this is actually true or not. I do note, however, in my fastest time performance (2008) that it was exclusively done by treadmill training.

    The only significant inclines are at the Burrard Street Bridge (rather significant incline) and the Cambie Street Bridge (more gentle), and I usually use that point at the Burrard to walk and catch my breath.

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