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Well, it’s been a few days, so let me get caught up. First off, I wasn’t able to get to the gym on Friday morning, so I went that evening after work. I changed my pattern a bit and was really pleased with the results. For most of the time, I alternated walking and running segments, very pleased to be running just over 2 1/2 minutes each time. At the end I ran most of the last two segments, bumping my speed up to 6 mph for the last segment and finished in 41:17, at 4.5 mph average. Not bad, knocked off about 4 minutes in the first week of training. I wonder what I’ll be doing if I actually run the whole thing? Hopefully I’ll be there in the next few weeks.
The general schedule I’m following is running Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, rest Tuesday and Thursday and try to do a light run on Saturday or Sunday. Rather than driving into town, I was trying to think of a way to do a run around here. Debbie suggested the Whitewright High School track. So Debbie and I went there on Saturday evening and I made my first shot at running on a track. We were there for just a little while, and I made three laps while Debbie walked two.
Today (Monday) I was back on regular schedule and went 5K this morning. By alternating runs and walks, bumping my running up to 5.5 mph with a sprint for the last minute or so at 8 mph, I was able to complete the run in 39:56, avg 4.6 mph. Yahhhhoooooooo!!!!!!! Now, let’s see…… if I knocked 6 minutes off my time in the last 10 days, and continue dropping 6 minutes each 10 days…… by the time the race gets here I’ll be done before I start! LOL!! Yeah, right… I’ve got a hunch that the incremental improvements will be getting smaller and smaller… but they WILL be there.
Sorry, but nothing witty or profound tonight. It’s late and I’m ready to hit the hay.
Thanks for stopping by. I’ll try to be more entertaining next time!