My first run with my new ASICS GEL-Charge 33 running shoes.
22.8.2013 12.25 km
Distance | Duration | Avg. Pace | Avg. Speed |
12.25 km | 1:07:21 h:m:s | 5:30 min/km | 10.91 km/h |
“A pretty cool runner”
Distance | Duration | Avg. Pace | Avg. Speed |
12.25 km | 1:07:21 h:m:s | 5:30 min/km | 10.91 km/h |
My first run with my new ASICS GEL-Charge 33 running shoes.
Distance | Duration | Avg. Pace | Avg. Speed |
10.00 km | 0:58:29 h:m:s | 5:51 min/km | 10.26 km/h |
Nice to run. No problem with the hip or leg after last marathon.
Distance | Duration | Avg. Pace | Avg. Speed |
43.02 km | 4:30:24 h:m:s | 6:17 min/km | 9.55 km/h |
Couple last marathon and half marathon have been a small success for me. There is no success without failures, and this latest marathon was a failure. Not a total failure but a failure anyway.
All the way to 25 kilometers wen’t by my plan, but then a pain spike hit my hip and I lost my pace. I tried to change my step but it didn’t help and I couldn’t keep up the pace. The pain took the victory after 33 kilometers and I had to stop running. Rest 10 kilometers I walked – and crossed the finish line walking. What a dissapointment!
It would have been most annoying if the run would have been a failure because of lack of training. But no, I was feeling great. What was the cause of the pain? I’m not quite sure yet. It felt in the hip, knee and sole of the left foot. I count as a possible reason or reasons uneven cobblestone roads (maybe a bad step), steep up and down hills (without enough hip stretching) or my recently descoverd new running style (which I used). Or my running shoes: I really like Adidas AdiZero and it’s a great running shoe for good speed, but I have also noted that after 20 kilometers they are getting a bit hard for my feet even when concentrating to strike the ground from heel to toe.
Now the leg feels ok and I’m sure the next run will be fine.
Distance | Duration | Avg. Pace | Avg. Speed |
5.23 km | 0:26:39 h:m:s | 5:06 min/km | 11.76 km/h |
Distance | Duration | Avg. Pace | Avg. Speed |
6.11 km | 0:39:27 h:m:s | 6:27 min/km | 9.30 km/h |
I saw two deers staring on the other side of the field.
Today I grabbed a pair of new running shoes: ASICS GEL-Charge 33. Got to try them soon.
Distance | Duration | Avg. Pace | Avg. Speed |
7.52 km | 0:44:24 h:m:s | 5:54 min/km | 10.17 km/h |
Distance | Duration | Avg. Pace | Avg. Speed |
8.50 km | 0:48:23 h:m:s | 5:42 min/km | 10.53 km/h |
Distance | Duration | Avg. Pace | Avg. Speed |
8.04 km | 0:41:56 h:m:s | 5:13 min/km | 11.50 km/h |
Distance | Duration | Avg. Pace | Avg. Speed |
15.23 km | 1:29:33 h:m:s | 5:53 min/km | 10.20 km/h |
Distance | Duration | Avg. Pace | Avg. Speed |
15.38 km | 1:50:49 h:m:s | 7:00 min/km | 8.57 km/h |
Distance | Duration | Avg. Pace | Avg. Speed |
17.40 min/km | 1:41:08 h:m:s | 5:49 min/km | 10.32 km/h |
Distance | Duration | Avg. Pace | Avg. Speed |
35.08 km | 3:08:11 h:m:s | 5:22 min/km | 11.18 km/h |
This is interesting. Before the run I felt a bit hungry and tired, but after the start I felt quite good after all. And I thought that I haven’t run a really long run for a while, so I thought that I would now run one. I had only a small bottle of water with me, so I thought that I really have to concentrate to run efficiently, and so I did. The whole run I focused my mind to five things:
All I can say is that focusing on these five things enabled me to run an easy 35 kilometers and really enjoy the run!
Distance | Duration | Avg. Pace | Avg. Speed |
11.20 km | 1:18:58 h:m:s | 7:03 min/km | 8.51 km/h |
Distance | Duration | Avg. Pace | Avg. Speed |
10.38 km | 0:58:35 h:m:s | 5:39 min/km | 10.62 km/h |
Distance | Duration | Avg. Pace | Avg. Speed |
11.08 km | 1:14:38 h:m:s | 6:44 min/km | 8.91 km/h |
Distance | Duration | Avg. Pace | Avg. Speed |
21.10 km | 2:04:15 h:m:s | 5:53 min/km | 10.20 km/h |
Distance | Duration | Avg. Pace | Avg. Speed |
15.70 km | 1:30:19 h:m:s | 5:45 min/km | 10.43 km/h |
I didn’t sleep enough last night and I thought it would have a negative effect for today’s run. But it didn’t. And I have noticed that other times too: Random length of a sleep doesn’t really have that much effect for a running experience. Well, that’s my impression.
Distance | Duration | Avg. Pace | Avg. Speed |
10.29 km | 1:11:49 h:m:s | 6:59 min/km | 8.59 km/h |
Distance | Duration | Avg. Pace | Avg. Speed |
21.12 km | 1:46:50 h:m:s | 5:04 min/km | 11.84 km/h |
Well, this is interesting. I forgot to stretch yesterday and I thought today’s run would be a slightly unwieldy. Au contraire! This was absolutely the best run for a while. It was so, so easy to run and keep a good pace. I just run and run and I could have keep going. Although I don’t know if “unstreching” has anything to do with that.
Distance | Duration | Avg. Pace | Avg. Speed |
10.23 km | 1:04:21 h:m:s | 6:18 min/km | 9.52 km/h |
A deer, probably a white tailed deer, jumped up and run off just in front of me in the woods. It looked like I surprised it in the middle of a sleep.