Week Two was a definite improvement over last week. I learned from my mistake last week and made sure to get up earlier for my longer run today. I also took a bottle of water with me. These little changes resulted in me finishing my run today without feeling like I was going to die of heat exhaustion. I used the same workout I created in my Garmin last week again today. When I finished, I had gone .26 miles farther than last week, was .1 second faster, and shaved 55 seconds off of my mile average. I was pretty happy with the result. I'm still a good ways away from my goal pace, but I felt like that was good progress for a week.
The other two runs, I did on the track at the gym. It was a little crowded on the track, since all the students are back on campus. I had to dodge a few girls in sandals strolling around the track gawking at the guys below playing basketball. Otherwise, the runs on the track went well and I shaved almost five minutes off my total run time. I was reminded today that it is much harder running outside than on a flat, air-conditioned track!
Next week, the Saturday run is supposed to be 5 miles. I finished 4.79 miles today, so next week shouldn't kill me - assuming that I don't screw up the Garmin workout and end up setting it up to run 6 miles!
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