100 miles in 28 days
Today I successfully completed the Strava 100 Running Challenge.
The Strava 100 Running Challenge was for me the perfect -and necessary- stimulus to:
- Become again physically active (after the 'end' of the cycling season)
- Re-unite with my running self (last time I ran was probably 8-9 months ago)
- Do some early 'Base' training and improve endurance and mental strength (see consistency).
In summary, during these last 4 weeks I averaged:
I progressively increased the weekly distance from 30.4Km week-1 to 46Km week-4:
I spent most of the time running on my favorite trail (from home to a nearby lake) with a total elevation gain of approximately 350m.
It took 3 weeks to find my running form and ran again at a pace of 5:15-5:25 min/Km (even though speed was never an objective).
What remains now is to see if I am lucky enough to be one of the 5 finishers that will receive a Garmin Forerunner 610 watch. Oh... And to find the next challenge.
