A milestone!!!!
When I first started pondering joining Team in Training, one of my main goals was to learn how to run a mile without stopping or dropping into a walk. My theory is: the best way to learn how to run a mile is to learn how to run 13!
Well, today I proved myself right. I ran my mile in 18:45. And of course, the best part was that I didn't feel like falling over dead or sick at the end of it.
Coach Al was very enthusiastically cheering me on each time I passed him on the track. I know he realized I'd reached an important point, although it wasn't until practice was over that I got a chance to tell him that it was the first mile I'd ever run start to finish, something I've never, ever been able to do before in my lifetime.
The goal for track practice tonight was to run for a certain period of time (17 minutes for the beginners, 19 for the intermediates, and 21 for the advanced runners), and at the end of that timed run go directly into 2 laps worth of sprints, where you sprint on the straight sides of the track and you jog through the curves to let yourself recover a bit.
Once I realized that I was going to make it to the one mile mark, I ignored the fact that the timed run was up for my group and just kept going. I wanted to finish the mile at my pace. I was even able to do 3 out of the 4 sprints without slowing down to a walk! I ended up running for a total of 23 minutes before my first walk break, and that happened right after the third sprint.
Today's victory lap was an especially sweet one!!!
Well, today I proved myself right. I ran my mile in 18:45. And of course, the best part was that I didn't feel like falling over dead or sick at the end of it.
Coach Al was very enthusiastically cheering me on each time I passed him on the track. I know he realized I'd reached an important point, although it wasn't until practice was over that I got a chance to tell him that it was the first mile I'd ever run start to finish, something I've never, ever been able to do before in my lifetime.
The goal for track practice tonight was to run for a certain period of time (17 minutes for the beginners, 19 for the intermediates, and 21 for the advanced runners), and at the end of that timed run go directly into 2 laps worth of sprints, where you sprint on the straight sides of the track and you jog through the curves to let yourself recover a bit.
Once I realized that I was going to make it to the one mile mark, I ignored the fact that the timed run was up for my group and just kept going. I wanted to finish the mile at my pace. I was even able to do 3 out of the 4 sprints without slowing down to a walk! I ended up running for a total of 23 minutes before my first walk break, and that happened right after the third sprint.
Today's victory lap was an especially sweet one!!!
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