Health Challenge Update Thread

[supersuk]

I think I did the sunrun in about 57 minutes, have to wait till tomorrow for official results. Pretty good for about 10 of training sessions on the treadmill only.

I could of pushed the pace a little harder too, still had plenty of gas in the tank at the end. Didn't help that you spend about 50% of the time people dodging.

Pretty much kept my heart rate up at 180-190 bmp for most of the race, the last kilometer I just ran as fast as I could without running into people, probably averaged 200 bmp for the last bit.

Going to aim for something near 50 minutes next year if i'm still in shape.

[nature boy]

[se7entse7en]

The results are online:

[supersuk]

WTF

1 hour 38 secs.

missed it by 38 secs.



/quitlife

[supersuk]

177 1734 3642 M3539 Shaun Planiden Burnaby BC 46:11 46:10.4 4:38 58.40%

found you

[se7entse7en]

Yeah, I had a pretty good run. I planned on taking it easy today, but I just kinda found a rhythm and stuck with it.

Congrats on your finish. If you really want to see what you're capable of, though, you should try one of the smaller races later in the year. The Sun Run really is a zoo.

Did you see the fire?

[supersuk]

what kinda smaller races? are they 10k? 40k? 5k?

I saw smoke coming out of the apartment, didn't look long enough to see fire.

I think I could of pushed myself harder and finished in the low 50's. I wasn't even exhausted, kinda surprising since i ran mostly at 180-190 bpm and 190 should be my theoretical max. Never really ran a full 10k before, even on the treadmill so it was hard to decide how to pace myself. Next year i'll push the first 2k, coast till 7k, then push 7-9k and sprint the last 1k.
I'm don't really enjoy running all that much, its just a good way to burn calories, lose fat and just wanted to test my fitness.

[se7entse7en]

There are quite a few races throughout the year varying from 5k - 21.1k.

Summerfast 10k -
Sandcastle City Classic 10k -
The Rock 10k -
Turkey Trot 10k -
Fall Classic 5/10/21.1k -
Longest Day 5k/10k -
Shaughnessy 8k/Cindy's 5km Poker Walk -
Underwear Affair 10k-

There are many others. Some might be more competitive than you might like but you can check out the past results and find one you like.

[nature boy]

haha i just looked up one of my youth.
58:39

i asked him if he trained at all. he said "train? pfft". apparently he just runs around the indoor track at school when he feels like it. he's 15.

[joel]

anyone else interested in trying to start up this Health Challenge thing? Even if we don't always hit our targets it's a great thing to keep trying i think.

[nature boy]

i'm down.
if there's money involved, then i'm out haha.

[[JT]]

I am down for sure. I will blow my challenge out of the water.... or at least try to

[Duncan]

[nature boy]

Oh he'll blow alright. There is no try with jt.