If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!"
I've been running in the HKC the past couple of days as I've been readjusting to the heat. My runs on that little 200m track always go by so quickly and I feel fast. Partly because I run each lap in under 60 seconds, partly because I go blowing by all the walkers/joggers, and partly because I get bored quickly - so I run faster than what I normally do outside. I've also been putting in at least an hour a day on the elliptical. I've found that the little personal TVs on each machine have me spoiled. I can watch my daily episode of Bones (Dr. Brennan's hyper-rational behavior is a turn on) while getting a good aerobic workout in.
Tonight I set our for an easy 7.5 mile run. I started off pretty conservative, given that I hadn't run outside the past few days and I didn't want to get 4 miles into the run and have to stop (again). I got to about mile 5 feeling great. I checked my watch and I was at just over 39:30. A little surprised with the ease of the pace, I picked it up a bit and hit 7.5 miles in a hair over 59-minutes. I decided to continue with another 3-miles to give me 10.5 miles. I finished in 1:23:14. Not only is that the longest run I've done, ever. But it was at a pretty decent clip and felt remarkably easy. I have no doubt I could have knocked out another 4 miles at the same pace. This just makes me even more excited for the Half-Marathon this January. I can't wait for the weather to cool off. If I can stay healthy, I feel this could be a very good Fall/Winter for me :)
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