slower
5K is a big challenge for me, and the last time it took me more than 40 minutes to complete the run, so if Kirez was to be at work on time, we had to be at the track by 5:15-5:20 a.m. Nice...
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The alarm went off at 5:00 a.m. Kirez switched it off and came back to bed. Silence...
Tiny little *hope* started raising its head - "no run, no run, no run!!" Just keep silent - you're asleep...
No-no-no! You didn't mean this! (*hey, he is not sure himself, just keep silent... hold him... nice, comfortable, why leave all this?*)
What? You will run and I will sleep? (*tempting, oh, how tempting!*)
And killing this hope - "I'll run with you!"
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Ok-ok, I'm up!
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The distance was cut to 3K for me, this way we'll finish at the same time. Nice weather. Sun just showed up over the mountains.
After almost a year of having my iPod I discovered the function of making 'on-the-go' playlist! Wow! For the first time I was running and enjoying every song I choose to play for this run :)
Several times caught myself on the thought that it IS a nice way to start a day! And 3K after expected 5K - huge relief... Just 7.5 laps.
I never stopped to walk, ran all my 3K in very even speed and finished exactly in 21:00 minutes!
Huh... That is strange! Again the same picture as with my 5K - the 'non-stop' run is slower than when I'm letting myself to walk every now and then.
Kirez is right when saying that my walking speed is not much slower than my jogging speed, which makes the pattern understandable, but what should I do then? It doesn't make sense to stop and walk to get better times for long distance run!
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Looking at my 4x400m runs times and the progression over time, it's clear that my speed is growing faster than the endurance, the ability to push myself through the whole workout without slowing down dramatically.
23 JAN 2:04 - 2:14 - 2:17 - 2:20
14 APR 1:46 - 1:59 - 2:22 - 2:23
Apparently I should work much more intensive to bring my metcon up.
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The question is how to make myself strong enough to not be misled with the times I'm showing and continue working on 'non-stop' running even if it is slower.