Running has always been my enemy. Even as a kid when we used to have to run as a warm up for swimming I would complain and complain and complain. It just never felt natural - that pounding would always make everything hurt, even on young bones. But since I found this awesome world of Triathlons and have embarked on a new training regime with TopNotch, I seemed to found a love and thirst for wanting to better my running - in every aspect. To conquer all those past demons which held me so firm in their grip. And last night I did it. I think I may have finally found my running alter ego.
Last night's track session was fantastic. It really could not have gone any better and I was super impressed with how I am progressing. It's not by any stretch the accomplishments of an elite athlete but to me they show me that even at the tender age of 36, I still have alot more left in the tank.
This is what we did;
So off I went. I really had no clue about my pace only that the speed I was running at felt good, so I kinda thought I was not going to get a good time. With the last 100m Chris yelled "Barb, go for it, whatever you have left". So I did, I sprinted. My time effort for the 1km was:
Last night's track session was fantastic. It really could not have gone any better and I was super impressed with how I am progressing. It's not by any stretch the accomplishments of an elite athlete but to me they show me that even at the tender age of 36, I still have alot more left in the tank.
This is what we did;
- 800m warm up
- 4 x 200m run throughs
- 2 sets of 8 x 200m on 1 minute with 30 sec recovery. I did them all on about 55 sec
So off I went. I really had no clue about my pace only that the speed I was running at felt good, so I kinda thought I was not going to get a good time. With the last 100m Chris yelled "Barb, go for it, whatever you have left". So I did, I sprinted. My time effort for the 1km was:
4:50
I could not believe it. I have never done that pace and still felt strong afterwards. Now I know I shouldn't get too excited - it's not like I could maintain that pace for too long - JUST YET. But I know it won't be too long before I can maintain this for a 2km stretch, then 3, 4. The skies the limit. This is cool.
Barb, that's a brilliant time given how recently you have been building up your running. You are right; the sky IS the limit for you! x
ReplyDeleteBloody brilliant! Keep it up. My first 1k time trial I only got between 6:10 and 6:00min/km...
ReplyDeleteEoin
Awesome job! Keep up the great work!
ReplyDeleteJen: Thanks so much. I feel like finally, little by little I am moving forward. I can't even describe how excited I am.
ReplyDeleteEoin: If I had of been asked 2 months ago to do it I think I may have died. But I honestly never thought in my wildest dreams that I could do that time. TOO COOL.
Wow! Awesome time!
ReplyDeleteYOu would kick my butt off the track:)
You are welcome here any time:)
(And I hope you don't mind I put a link to your Tri Day up on my post today....You rock girl!)
The way you feel about running is how I feel about swimming.
ReplyDeleteIt's a real trip to keep surprising youself. Keep up the good work.
How awesome is that? You keep this up you will be unstoppable...
ReplyDeleteAimee: Thankyou will do.
ReplyDeleteDawn: Thankyou, but I doubt I would kick your butt. I just jumped on and saw that. Thankyou so much. I got all choked up and teary. You are too sweet. Big (((HUGS))) to you.
Flatout Jim: Isn't it ever. I was trying to pick my jaw up off the floor for ages...lol
Patrick: I hope so. I never knew how much fun I was going to have along the way.