10 mile Island run

Scorpio_Runner
Scorpio_Runner Posts: 39 Member
in Motivation and Support
Looks like the 10k in July is out, so I just found a 10 mile Island run in August. Seven miles is on the beach, packed sand. The most distance I have ran was yesterday, a 7 mile pavement run. I think I could have gone 10 miles if I slowed my pace down to 10 min-mile. Any tips about running on packed sand?

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  • happygalah
    happygalah Posts: 343 Member
    If you're r close to the beach go practice.
  • stuj79
    stuj79 Posts: 24 Member
    Yeah running on sand is much, much more energy sapping than running on pavement. As mentioned...you'll definitely need to practice on sand if at all possible!
  • pebble4321
    pebble4321 Posts: 1,132 Member
    I can run 10K + happily on footpaths, but about 100m on sand. Definitely find a beach to practice on. I can't think of any other way to get the same experience. If it's not possible, I guess you could try running more on grass than hard surfaces but it's not going to be the same.
    Sounds like a fabulous run though!

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