This Saturday I’ll participate in a charity run where you find people sponsoring you and they will donate based on how many laps (400m) you manage to run in 2 hours.
My longest run so far was a 10 km run with a pace of 5:30 (very exhausted afterwards) and once with a pace of 6:15 (felt like I could have gone another 30 mins, however my HR steadily climbed from around 160 to 180 at the end).
My two questions to you experienced runners:
- What would a good strategy for running the longest distance possible in 2 hours?
- Is my HR an issue? It didn’t seem to really stabilize and was around 180 for the last 10 mins. Will it plateau if I run more than the 60 mins or will I run out of energy before?
PS: I know running that long without proper training might be stupid but I’m determined to make my sponsors pay.
Legs are fine but two of my toe nails look like they won’t make it to the end of the week :D
@sirnak yes, this is the problem for me too after each long run. Don’t know what to do to avoid the toe problem 🤔
Shoes that are too large can be a problem, as you’ll try to “grab” the shoes with your toes without even noticing.
It was the opposite for me. I had to switch to running in one size larger than my regular shoes.