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:

  1. What would a good strategy for running the longest distance possible in 2 hours?
  2. 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.

  • sirnak@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    Hey everyone, Thank you for your tips! I just finished the run with exactly 20 km in the 2 hours we had. That’s a 6:00 pace and it honestly pretty nice all the way through. Even had enough fuel in the tank to go a bit faster for the last 3 km then before. Super proud I made it and managed to raise about € 4000.

    My next goal is a proper half marathon.

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    1 year ago

    With good tendon strength: Start off with something like a 6:15-6:30 for the first half and if you feel fresh after it bump it up to 6:00-6:15 otherwise just continue.

    Otherwise be careful and start with a 7:00 first hour before starting the speed.

    Either way, that’s a lot of laps.

  • feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’ve never run a half marathon that quickly, even after months and months of training. Equal parts impressive and disheartening.