Hello,
A few days back, on Saturday, I ran my first 10K.
It was very satisfying as I have continued to train through the problems of 'Runners Knee' and 'Shin Splints'. The 'Runners Knee' troubled me a lot during the first week but I have not been bothered again by it since then. However, the 'Shin Splints' seem to be a different problem altogether. It started in the second week of the training and turned severe in the third week. The third run of that week was a 6K run and I had to stop after 3.5K as going any further was difficult.
I took help of Dr. Scholl's soles that provide arch support and the pain became bearable. Now into my 6th week of training I do not get the unbearable pain I experienced in the beginning but my shin still hurts in the beginning and the end of the run.
I have noticed that I get a feel of extra energy at the 3K mark and it seems to last for a few KMs after that. Like in the 10K run on Saturday the run from 4K to 9K was pretty easy.
Till now I have been focussing mainly on completing the planned run and have still not timed my runs accurately. It does seem that I am doing 8 minutes to a KM.
At this rate I need to add another 30 seconds per KM for the HM and that would give me a timing of 3 hours and 4 minutes.
This is slightly over my target of 3 hours and I will try to bring down my timing over the current week.
Disappointing news is that yesterday I had a setback and failed to run the 6k I had planned. I got so badly drenched in sweat by 4K that it was impossible to continue further. I completed the 6K by walking through the last 2K but it was not the same. I walk pretty slow and I was slower after the exhaustion.
I went through a few blogs of first time HM runners and was surprised to note that they completed the run in the 2 hours and 30 minutes range.
I hope that I am able to run within 3 hours.
Best regards,
Manoj
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