I decided to take a chance this week. I'd been running steadily at 2.55 miles in 20 minutes but it was expelling too much energy and I couldn't see myself making much progress this way. After a bit of brainstorming I decided I should try changing the structure of my run inorder to improve my distances. You see, for many years I've structured my treadmill runs this way; I warm up for two minutes at a jogging speed, then I increase the speed by .5 miles per hour every minute until I reach my target speed for that week, then in the final last minute I increase the speed higher and higher. I devised this training structure to teach myself to always be able to give a full sprint when near the end of a race. It won me a few races, but I also always got the feeling that I was subconsciously conserving energy throughout the race for this final dash instead of running steadily at a higher speed.
So this week I decided to do my highest speed between minute 9 and 15, then reduce by .5 for two minutes then do a similarly high run for the final dash. Fortunately it worked, not only did I increase my distance by a 10th of a mile but I also finished stronger. So I am pretty happy to blog that I ran 2.65, just a 10th of a mile short of my second target. The challenge is ofcourse keeping it up. It is very easy to fall behind, especially because of school work, but I'll find a way.
Otherwise, this will be my last blog, for this class atleast. It has been fun; the class AND the blog. Thanks for all the comments which kept me motivated. I'll probably start this up again in the summer so please feel free to check in again. Have a great summer guys.
Last Report: 2.65 miles in 20 minutes
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