This Saturday I'll participate in a charity run where you find people sponsoring you and they will donate based on how many laps (400m) you manage to run in 2 hours.
My longest run so far was a 10 km run with a pace of 5:30 (very exhausted afterwards) and once with a pace of 6:15 (felt like I could have gone another 30 mins, however my HR steadily climbed from around 160 to 180 at the end).
My two questions to you experienced runners:
- What would a good strategy for running the longest distance possible in 2 hours?
- Is my HR an issue? It didn't seem to really stabilize and was around 180 for the last 10 mins. Will it plateau if I run more than the 60 mins or will I run out of energy before?
PS: I know running that long without proper training might be stupid but I'm determined to make my sponsors pay.
With good tendon strength: Start off with something like a 6:15-6:30 for the first half and if you feel fresh after it bump it up to 6:00-6:15 otherwise just continue.
Otherwise be careful and start with a 7:00 first hour before starting the speed.
Either way, that's a lot of laps.