Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Another Exciting Run!
I love being at the point in my running that I am constantly improving. It is so fun to know that each time I go out, I might run faster than I ever have before for that particular distance! Tuesdays are my short fast days, which I usually do at the gym, and my previous best time for a 5k was on a treadmill (at 1% grade) in 28:30. Since it was on a treadmill, who knows how accurate it really is. Before that, my best 5k time was the first 5k of my currently fastest 5 mile run ever, and the 5k was done in 29:47. My goal for last year was to run a 5k in under 30 minutes, and I narrowly accomplished that on December 20! So today, I wasn't setting out to set any records, but I ended up running 5K in 27:59! That's a 9:02/mile pace! Wowee! I've never done that before! My fastest paced run ever before that was last Tuesday when I ran 3.6 miles at a 9:21 pace (with hills). I have to admit, I'm disappointed I didn't realize I was so close to breaking 9min/mi because I wasn't at my absolute limit and I would have run faster at the end if I had known. The problem was that I didn't know where I was ending and I was turning corners trying to keep running past the gym (where I was ending my run to lift weights) so I could reach 5K (the gym doors were at 3.04 or something). Plus I can't do that level of mental math while running. I seriously can't do much beyond figuring out my pace at an even distance point like whole miles while I'm running. Anyway, I'm super excited! I felt great today and I'm accomplishing things that I didn't know were possible with my not-made-for-running body. I love it!
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