Sunfeast 10k, 36 Minutes and a 300 meter track

Out of great volume of literature and training plans available on the internet, I picked up a plan from http://www.time-to-run.com/ for the Sunfeast 10k. This plan helps me race once in 18 days and thus helps me monitor my progress consistently. Running is nothing but goal setting, strategizing and achieving the set objectives that are often time-based. The idea is to couple the 10k training with circuit training to improve strength. The 10k is one of the best races simply because it couples the strength of a sprinter and the endurance of a marathoner. It also acts as an accurate way to guesstimate your marathon speed and personally for me, it gives me a break from the long and often lonely Sunday marathon runs. The race also is often over within 45 minutes and you don’t really have to spend 4 hours on your feet.

Another training strategy I am adapting is to start my daily runs no earlier than 7 am to simulate the actual race day experience. Luckily, I found a 300 meter track close to home, where I can do my speed workouts although a 300 meter track feels weird. Most tracks are 400 meter long. I will be starting yoga, dynamic stretching and some strengthening to stay injury free.

Time-to-run.com has several schedules. I am dividing my training into 4 parts. The first 15 days, I’ll be training for the sub 45 min, next 30 days for the sub 40 and the last 15 days for the sub 35 min. The aim to crack this race in 36 minutes.