10 weeks to 10K: How our runners are doing (Week 7)

Sherry Lang-Laveau and François Laveau

How is training going? Ms. Lang-Laveau has been doing strength training and hill training and has a distance run planned for this week. Meanwhile, Mr. Laveau is repairing their treadmill so that he can get back running on it.

What's your confidence level like? "Very high," says Ms. Lang-Laveau. "We're pumped and ready to go." Running a 5K race on the weekend was a huge confidence boost for the couple.

What is your biggest hurdle to get over for race day? "For me, it's the temperature change," Ms. Lang-Laveau says. Adjusting to running in the heat is something she will have to do for the 10K run in May. For Mr. Laveau, finding time to train remains his biggest challenge. "My shifts are going to be longer starting in a couple of weeks, so it's going to be a little

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Jean Choi

How is training going? "I've sort of scaled back a little bit," Ms. Choi says. After doing an 8K race on the weekend, she's decided to lay off long runs for a few days.

What's your confidence level like? After the race on the weekend, Ms. Choi's confidence is running high. "The race was a confidence-boosting event, but it was also a great motivator to make sure that I get a little bit better," she says.

What is your biggest hurdle to get over for race day? "To do it in the time that I want to do it," she says. Her goal is to complete the 10K in 45 minutes, although she'd be happy with any time less than 47 minutes. Her main challenge will be to get in longer runs between now and May 2.

Canada Running Series 2010

Sun Mar. 7 in Vancouver: Harry's Spring Run-Off 8K to fight Prostate Cancer presented by HSBC Canada
Sat Apr 3 in Toronto: Harry's Spring Run-Off 8K & 5K to fight Prostate Cancer presented by HSBC Canada
Sun Apr 18 in Montreal: Banque Scotia 21k de Montréal et 5k présenté par ASICS
Sun May 2 in Toronto: Sporting Life 10k
Sun Jun 27 in Vancouver: Scotiabank Vancouver Half-Marathon & 5k Run / Walk presented by Asics
Sun Jul 11 in Toronto: Acura Toronto 10-Miler & 5K at The Distillery
Sun Jul 25 in Toronto: The Beaches Jazz Tune-Up 20k, 10k and 5k Training Run & Walk
Sun Sep 26 in Toronto: Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, Half-Marathon & 5k (STWM)
Sat Oct 16 in Toronto: Oasis ZooRun 10k Run, 5k Run/Walk & Cub Run

Jen Cooper

How is training going? "It's going okay," Ms. Cooper says. She did a 9K run through trails on the weekend and has also been doing strength training at the gym. She also went for a long bike ride with her family on the weekend.

What's your confidence level like? "I'm fairly confident that I will finish the race and probably run the whole way," she says. But she's not sure if she'll be able to reach her initial goal of finishing in 55 minutes. "I think I should be able to do it in under an hour," she says.

What is your biggest hurdle to get over for race day? "My knee is starting to act up again, so I just have to take good care of it," she says.