With a small twinge in my hip for the last two days, I figured it might be a good idea to take it easy... now's not the time to battle an injury. Of course, for me, that's easier said than done...
I set the treadmill for 6 mph and figured that 4 miles in 40 minutes would be good enough for me. Unfortunately, with very little patience to work with and a never-ending desire to push myself harder, I quickly lost interest in taking it easy. Allowing for the few seconds it takes for the treadmill to get to full speed, my first three miles were completed in 30:05. And it was all downhill from there...
I decided to see just how fast I could go for my last mile - something I'd done before and was determined to improve upon. I'm sad to say that I didn't improve upon my last mile from a few weeks ago, which I had done in 8:04. Still, the 8:06 I achieved today was nothing to be unhappy about. I'm thrilled that I can run three miles and still push myself to run the last mile as quickly as possible. Of course, this makes me even more determined to get that time below 8 minutes... and I don't doubt there will be another run like this in my near future...
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