Recent Running Form

Last couple of months has been quite hectic with work and looks like the trend might continue for another few months. Other than running and work I don’t have free time to do any activity and also have been finding reasons for not blogging too.

Last weekend I took part in Auroville half marathon. Though it was a memorable and happy event, I am disgusted with my performance. I encountered a pretty nasty road rash, missed the route couple of times, did 2-3kms more, walked for a while and completed in 2hrs 17mins.

I was targeting for 1:45 but finished with a horrible timing, probably I was overambitious about my timing. Whole day I was cursing myself for the failure and was pondering why I failed. Moreover before last week’s event, my motivation to run was also quite low and I have been running just for the sake of running. During later half of the race I observed my legs dying and found hard to push myself.

Next day, I thought to alter my training and log more miles per week. But the road rash had stopped me from running and just managed to do a 9k on Thursday. Before the run I also planned to count my stride rate and observed it to be 82-84 per minute. Many websites recommends maintaining the stride rate at 85-90 per minute. I need to do some research on the stride rate and length before I alter my running style.

Overall it’s been a dull phase of running season and struggling hard to jump out of the slump.