Check out these splits from last night's run by someone who's accustomed to taking walking breaks and is generally happy to be around a 12 minute/mile pace:
Mile 1 = 10:58
Mile 2 = 22:00
Mile 3 = 33:03
Mile 4 = 44:02
Mile 5 = 54:45
How did I manage that?!?
1. I bailed on both my Monday and Wednesday runs [too dang hot!!] so I
a. was well rested and
b. felt obligated to get in a good run
2. I ran inside the (somewhat) air-conditioned Rec Center on a nice smooooooooth track
3. I listened to ABBA's "The Name of the Game" nonstop on my Mp3. I'm getting really sick of it, but it works perfectly for me.
How do I feel today?
Pretty darn good! I have one little niggling ache in a muscle that must be the one that propelled me around those 200 turns (50 laps x 4 "corners"). I think my personal trainer will be pleased to learn it's in my butt (inside, lower, right cheek...can you tell I was turning left?!?), since he loves to kick it so.
Art mystery possibly solved?
2 days ago
at first, I thought you meant that mile 2 took you 22 minutes and mile 3 took 33, etc, and I could not figure out how it could have taken you 44 minutes to go one mile. maybe if you were crawling? then I realized what you meant (I'm a little sleepy, okay?) and I thought GOOOOOO NANCY! You were cruising! So proud of you! What is the countdown???
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