Just Another Runner

I now achieved my 3rd and last short term goal - run a 10K race. Compared to my first 5K race - the Century Tuna SuperBods Run 2010, I had more fun with this one and it really felt like a major achievement. I was a bit apprehensive about this run because I wasn't able to do my target 10K long run the previous week. The most I could do that day was 8K. I wasn't sure if I would be able to finish my first 10K race. So, I added another race day strategy - to run a slower more comfortable pace than my normal training pace (as if my training pace was not slow already). Before the start of the race, I told my wife and son, who both joined the 3K race, to meet me at the finish line after 1 hour 45 minutes to 2 hours - my estimated finish time, considering my slow pace, my previous long-runs, my 4 min run:1 min walk run-walk-run strategy and the Buendia-Kalayaan flyover. When the starting horn blared, I started with my planned slow pace. Hordes of runners of all shapes and sizes were

I signed up for the 10K of the Globe Run for Home 2010 race. I really just wanted to join the 5K because this time I'm trained for it, but unfortunately, registration for it was closed already. So I signed up for the 10K and make it my training long run for that week. To prepare for it, I have the following weekly training schedule starting after my Century Superbods 2010 5K race. 2/22-28 2 runs of 36 min @ 3:1 run-walk ratio with 1 x Hill, 6.6K Long Run @ 3:1 run-walk ratio (3 rounds of the UP Academic Oval) 3/1 - 7 3 runs of 40 min @ 4:1 with 2 Hills, 8.8K Long Run @ 4:1 (4 rounds of the UP Academic Oval) 3/8 - 14 2 runs of 45 min @ 4:1 with 4 Hills, 11K Long Run @ 4:1 (5 rounds) 3/15 - 21 3 runs of 50 min @ 4:1 with 6 Hills, Globe Run for Home 10K race I'm done with week 2/22 - 28 and was able to do the 6.6K long run just fine. I'm done with the three 40 min runs for week 3/1 - 7. I was only able to do the 2 Hills in this morning's run because in the first two runs I