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July 3, 2010#

100KM in June

After finishing my first 5K race on May 2nd, I wasn’t so diligent about finding the time to keep my running up.  In May, I ran less than half of the distance that I covered in April.

I was pretty disappointed in myself for not finding the time or having the same focus as I committed to running in April, so I set a goal for myself to run 100KM in the month of June.

Running 100K in a month would mean that naturally, I would have to increase my distance for every run.  Previous to the month of June, the longest distance that I ran was 5.75KM.

The first Run, I aimed for a goal of 6K, then pushed it to 8K.  On June 30th, I was able to complete a 12K run!!

It’s interesting because I look back on how I felt when I started the Couch to 5K program, struggling to complete 60 seconds of running.  5K seemed like such a long distance, 10K seemed impossible.  The day that I completed the 12K run to reach the mark of 102Km in June, I felt such a huge sense of accomplishment.

Moving forward, I have signed up for the 2010 Detroit Half Marathon (21K) in October.  It is a lofty goal, but I have 3 months to train for it.

  • Kaystallard

    Hi Ed.
    Your Mom told me about your site so thought I would visit ,we went out for lunch to-day to celebrate her upcoming birthday.I hear you are continuing your running and have signed up for a run in Detroit, good for you.I am busy here at the Condo we are restoring the balconies this has been on going since last September and I will be very happy when it is finishes. It is a half million dollar job and I have been shepherding it though which keeps me busy.You have great genes and are really clever and I am so proud of all your accomplishments,just keep thinking BIG and it is amazing what you can accomplish.

    Love Grandma Stallard

  • Michael

    I sympathize with having a let down after achieving a big running goal. I trained all winter for a race, and then afterwards did hardly anything for a month.
    Great work on increasing your monthly goals, that will help for sure. And congratulations on signing up for the 1/2 Marathon.
    For me, I'm considering getting into triathlons. I'm hoping that by adding new activities into my routine it will help me stay motivated to train.

  • Michael

    I sympathize with having a let down after achieving a big running goal. I trained all winter for a race, and then afterwards did hardly anything for a month.
    Great work on increasing your monthly goals, that will help for sure. And congratulations on signing up for the 1/2 Marathon.
    For me, I'm considering getting into triathlons. I'm hoping that by adding new activities into my routine it will help me stay motivated to train.