Back in the game
Yep, I can run again--exhilerating !
I think all the swimming must have bolstered my regression, cuz I ran like six miles today.
Granted, only four of those were run continuously, but, I ran at a 7.6 mph speed throughout and without complaint.
I was thinking though, I had intended to run the full six at that speed, which would have turned out to be about a 48 minute run, but I ran just over four miles in 37 minutes . . . and, were I to kick it up a notch next run and do the full six, I would have improved my running endurance time by 11 minutes (and I can run a mile in about 8 minutes continuously).
Now, say I did that each week until the marathon ( 12 weeks . . . or, 118 days ), that's 121 minutes on top of my already 37 minutes--which is 158 minutes, or 2 hours and 38 minutes . . . I'd only be ( 26.2 mi X 8 min per mi = 209.6 min ) 1 hour and 30 minutes short of endurance to complete my marathon. Interesting.
Really, I guess what I need to do is be able to run 3 hours and 30 minutes at 7.6 mph--which would mean improving my running endurance time an avg of 15 minutes a week. Agh, that's like two miles . . . a week.
Maybe I can just compensate with swimming or something . . .two miles, I'm gonna have to consult my trainer. That's rough.
I think all the swimming must have bolstered my regression, cuz I ran like six miles today.
Granted, only four of those were run continuously, but, I ran at a 7.6 mph speed throughout and without complaint.
I was thinking though, I had intended to run the full six at that speed, which would have turned out to be about a 48 minute run, but I ran just over four miles in 37 minutes . . . and, were I to kick it up a notch next run and do the full six, I would have improved my running endurance time by 11 minutes (and I can run a mile in about 8 minutes continuously).
Now, say I did that each week until the marathon ( 12 weeks . . . or, 118 days ), that's 121 minutes on top of my already 37 minutes--which is 158 minutes, or 2 hours and 38 minutes . . . I'd only be ( 26.2 mi X 8 min per mi = 209.6 min ) 1 hour and 30 minutes short of endurance to complete my marathon. Interesting.
Really, I guess what I need to do is be able to run 3 hours and 30 minutes at 7.6 mph--which would mean improving my running endurance time an avg of 15 minutes a week. Agh, that's like two miles . . . a week.
Maybe I can just compensate with swimming or something . . .two miles, I'm gonna have to consult my trainer. That's rough.
posted by ryanlashlee@gmail.com at 10:53 PM
1 Comments:
You can do it! You can do it all night long!! Uh...I mean keep up the good work Mon. And if you get tooo tired just relax and maybe go to one of those massage places for a happy and pleasant massage...or two!
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