Thursday, August 9, 2007
Basketball
Yesterday I played basketball with Sean. I wanted to get my cardio working and to get that stamina built up. I will go to the track tonight to see about how long it takes me to run the mile. In high school I was somewhere in the 10 minute range. I anticipate it being slightly longer as I am starting my trining from scratch. I will provide an update in the coming days. Dan put together a fabolicious schedule for me to follow. Hopefully, I will be able to run most of the 5k. Walking will not be ruled out, but I really want to try to run the entire distance. My training window is small so I better put together some Rocky songs to keep me going and hitting it hard.
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If you stick to "The Schedule," I'm thinking you can run the whole 5K.
I'm also thinking you can run a mile in under 10 tonight.
Good luck on both counts.
But for the love of God, make this the last time you do your running around a track, at least till you do another check-in. There's no faster way to make running seem monotonous and anti-fun.
Understood about the track thing. I just want to get my time. I know that 4 trips around is a mile. When I run on the street or trail, I can estimate how far I have gone by my time. I will take into account hills when I run too. Going slower doesn't mean I went very far. I am just trying to through a little bit of science into this ordeal.
I hope the panther has his claws sharpened.
Don't forget: many tracks have switched to metric lengths, so it may not be 1/4 mile exactly.
So....how was your first mile?!?!?!
All* tracks are 400m - 440 yards.
There has been no switching to metric. They were ALWAYS metric.
A mile is a mile. 1760 yards.
*some tracks are 300m - like the one in the rec center at ISU.
Shows what I know about track n' field. So 4 times around is about a straightaway and half of a curve short of a mile. Makes a big difference if you're running it for time.
4 times around is a mile.
Not part of the way around or any such thing. Four full times around.
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