Last night I got a new personal best time for running to Mt Lofty and back. This isn’t the normal Mt. Lofty run I do, which is up the main walking trail and back (from my house). This is what I call the ‘extended’ mount lofty run, where I go up the main walking trail, but come back down a flatter way (either Greenhill Rd or Chambers Gully) which is much better for the knees. The total trip was just under two hours (for about 20km’s of steep cross-country, this isn’t too bad) which is really good compared to the previous best of 1 hour 53 minutes for the main walking trail down option (about 17km’s).
The reason I smashed my previous best time is because I’m using the Jeff Galloway endurance running technique, integrating short walks every few minutes in the first two thirds of the run, allowing the legs to replenish their ‘protective barrier’ of energy.
I hope to eventually be able to run from my house, up the main walking trail and down Chambers Gully, all in 1 hour 30 minutes. When I make it to that pace, I think it will be considered an elite level.
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The Jeff Galloway running technique sounds interesting…. I’d like to read more about this protective barrier of energy in the legs. I know from Rogaining it’s a good idea to run for a while every now and again, even if your aim is to walk for 24 hours since is uses different muscles. Is this part of Jeff’s technique?