Katie recently indicated she’d like to try the AIDS run, a Philadelphia 10K for (you guessed it) AIDS research. We hadn’t run 10K yet, so we decided this morning to give the distance a try, and see if we might be up for it in 8 weeks. Our route started in Brewerytown, wound down Kelly Drive past the Art Museum, down the parkway, through Center City, past Independence Hall, and north through Northern Liberties and back to home in Fishtown. We walked a bit at a couple of points–we weren’t trying to kill ourselves, just to get the distance run.
Katie didn’t really have the stamina or strength for the distance, but I felt pretty good after, thought I could even keep running a bit. I’ve decided to gear my training for the next 8 weeks specifically toward running the 10K on October 19th.
The basic plan is to rest the legs and do some cross-training stuff on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. Tuesday will be easy runs, and Sunday will be long runs (ranging from 6-8 miles). Thursday will be a combination of Speedwork and Tempo runs. I’m optimistic that this will help me prepare for the BSR, as much of my planned running exercises are for distances longer than my usual 3-3.5 miles. The easy run is short and slow, generally, but the rest of the runs are generally five or more miles. I’m hopeful that this will build a good amount of endurance and strength. When October rolls around, I’d love to complete the 10k in an hour, but, as always, goals shall be adjusted for reality.
In addition, if you have any interested in doing the AIDS Walk/Run, I’ve added a link in the sidebar. If you’d like to donate to my running cause, send me an email here.
