Thursday, January 19, 2012

Day 87 (1/18): 3 miles / 26:51

Well, I guess that'll teach me...

I started out with the intention of simply running 3 miles on the treadmill... no pressure, just get in the miles and call it a day.  The problem, of course, is when I get half way through my run and start thinking 'hey, I feel pretty good... maybe I should be going a little faster...'  Which is fine... until I start thinking 'maybe I can beat yesterday's time... maybe it was just an off day and today would be a better test of my current fitness level...'  So, off I go to better my time.  I was so sure yesterday that I could have gone faster, so let's see what I can really do...

Seriously?!?  2 seconds?  That's it?!?  That's all I managed to shave off my time from yesterday?  I'd tell myself to take a deep breath, but I'm bent over and sucking wind so hard I can barely pull myself together.

So this proves it.  Regardless of how fast I want to pretend I can go, this is most definitely where my current fitness level is... just shy of a 9:00 mile for a 3 mile run.  One might think that, based upon my disappointment in yesterday's time, I would also be disappointed in today's.  But, truth be told, I actually feel much better.  After 2 days in the same conditions and with the same goal, it turns out that a 9:00 mile is about as good as it gets right now.  I have no reason to be upset with that.  I'd say that's consistency at its finest. 

With that out of the way, it will be my intention to simply run 3 miles tomorrow.  No more competing to improve my time.  Just log the miles and enjoy the workout.  Now we'll just have to wait and see if I can actually follow through on that :)

1 comment:

  1. glad you ended this post w/ a positive outlook! worst thing you can do is compete w yourself on every run. you need diversity in your training. hard days where you push yourself, and easy days to give your bod a breather!

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