Need for Speed - Part II
The need for speed continues... On March 29 I talked about my desire to imporve the pace of my running. Until a month ago I ran to relax, to clear my mind. All that changed when I started to ask myself, why do I run? Do I run to stay at the same pace, or do I want to see some improvement in my running?
Well, today I saw some improvement. Today, I set a new personal best for a 4 mile run. Now, before I show you my times, I would like to add a disclaimer - if you are a
Mile 1 - 7:43 (Which included a warmup)
Mile 2 - 6:47
Mile 3 - 6:42
Mile 4 - 7:27
Total Time - 28:40
Average - 7:10/mile
Improvement. I know I'm not setting the bike trail on fire, but atleast my pace has picked up. Before I would have been happy with an 8:00/mile pace. But now my goal is to crack the 7:00/mile pace. That would be a first in my life. Even during my years in cross country in High School, I never cracked 7:00/mile.
Until next time, see you on the bike path, or maybe in a car as you pass me by.
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People have always asked me - "Why do you climb mountains?", and I've always responded, without thinking, "Because it's there." And with mountains it doesn't really matter how quick you get to the top and back, except for the weather factor, because the mountain will still be there whichever way you look at it. But with running you cannot really say "because its there" because after a minute you're not "there" anymore. Unless the "there" is your state of being while running, in which case it might be nice to hit 7 minute miles, but if you don't the running will still be, whichever way you look at it, "there".
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