10k race---First time?
Hi everyone!!! I'm looking for some advice. I workout regularly (usually 3-4 times a week, 45minutes - 1 hour of cardio, usually running or cross trainer and 2 times a week weight training 30 minutes each time). Plus I do tons of walking each day (about 40 minutes today).
Anyway, I've always wanted to enter a race!! My chance has come! It's the Race for Cure in Tokyo. Before I started losing weight and wanted to start running, I said I wanted to do this race when I was able to.
I've never done a race. I realize this is for charity, so it won't be as hardcore as others. I can run 5k no problem. Usually when I run, I run 5k or 6k (best 5k time is 32mins... slow? but good for me!) then with rest of time I walk fast at a very steep incline (8%-13%).
Now that my chance for a race has come, I don't know what race to do---the 5k or the 10k. I know I'm safe in the 5k and can run no problems, but I've never ran a total of 10k at once! But part of me wants to do the challenge and just do the 10k. Since it's a charity race, let's say if I can't run the whole time, at least I can still walk what I can't run, right?
What do you think? Should I play it safe and just go for the 5k race? Or make a challenge and go for the 10k race?
By the way, it's only a few weeks away... October 20th!!!
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