Random Musings and Nicknacks

So today’s Sun Run didn’t quite start as expected. After all the start was supposed to be that Ling, Tim, and I would meet up with her co-workers by the Burrard Sky Train Station, and start out together. Instead Tim, and I met with Ling’s co-workers. Most of them were planning to walk, so we got separated pretty quickly after we went to line up.

For me this today’s run marked a potential change in my view of running – every other Sun Run I have done was complete agony to finish, and I couldn’t walk for days after. But it’s not unusual for me to run 10K anymore, so I was curious how this would feel – it’s hard to erase the memory of agony.

Previous years the goal was to finish alive. This year I had privately set my goal – under 60 minutes. The last time we did this I set my best time ever at 61:44 but it was agonizing. I’ve never done 10k in under 60, but this time I know far more about my pacing. So the idea was: run for 14 minutes walk for 1 (in training I do 5 & 1), and keep my heart rate under 160. Keep an eye on the distance markers, and ensure I’m setting a pace just slightly faster than 6 minutes per km. Only one water stop, timed to the 30 minute mark so I could walk and digest it. That was the plan.
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Three years ago we entered and completed our first and, so far, only Sun Run. We have been convinced to do it again.

I’m quite curious to see how this goes – the only two times I have ever done the Sun Run, I was unable to walk down stairs without help for a week. Likewise, 2 years ago when we did the 5km Child Run, it was hard walking even after the run.

This time promises to be different – even though ever since training for and running a half-marathon last year my running has felt different – specifically it hasn’t involved excruciating pain.
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