The Longest Run - How Far Will You Go?

So, what is the longest distance you have run so far? Will you be running further than your longest distance to challenge yourself?

For us - Simon has run 8 full marathons (42km) since 2007 while Rachel has merely accomplished 2 half-marathons (and 2 more coming up in August and November 2014 respectively) todate ever since her cancer treatments. 

Gearing up to high mileages are no easy tasks. It takes many weeks and months of trainings to complete these amazing distances. However, trainings may become easier once we complete our first long distance, in particular, crossing the mental and physical hurdles that hindered us before.

Having said so, it also means that running long distances would likely result in boredom. To kill such boredom, runners would normally choose to challenge themselves to either a faster timing or longer distance. Faster timing means more speed works while longer distance would mean more endurance trainings.

To challenge ourselves on how far we can run, both of us have signed up for a longer distance that are out of our comfort zones. Simon has recently signed up for Ultra Craze 78km (that will be taking place in September 2014) and Rachel is challenging the full marathon in December 2014.

Stay tune to our subsequent posts on Simon's ultra-marathon and Rachel's full marathon trainings and preparations.