{"id":399,"date":"2011-07-30T15:58:39","date_gmt":"2011-07-30T15:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miguelpdl.com\/weblog\/?p=399"},"modified":"2011-07-30T16:37:38","modified_gmt":"2011-07-30T16:37:38","slug":"first-running-assessment-before-training-for-10km-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miguelpdl.com\/weblog\/first-running-assessment-before-training-for-10km-race\/","title":{"rendered":"First running assessment before training for 10km race"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been running this past year or so without a specific goal in mind and so I spotted this Kilkenny Half Marathon \/ 10km<\/a> for Sept 18 2011 and I thought what the hell I’ll go for it.<\/p>\n

Signed up during the week and then I though how exactly do I train for a 10km run? What time should I aim for? Should I just look to finish the damn thing!<\/p>\n

I have used Smartrunner<\/a> for a good while now, it’s good for recording runs but it hasn’t got a training scheme built into it. In looking for another phone app I found micoach from Adidas<\/a> and at first glance it seems to be what I’m looking for so I’m giving it a try.<\/p>\n

It has helped me set out an 8 week 24 session training plan to tackle the 10km which I must admit I’ve never done before so let’s see what happens<\/p>\n

Today was assessment day and here’s what happened<\/p>\n

\"micoach<\/a>

micoach first assessment of running <\/p><\/div>\n

And a recording of my impression of the assessment<\/p>\n