New Fastest Mile: Starting the Week Strong

The day after Thanksgiving was my "intervals" day. According to Chris, I wasn't actually running "intervals," but whatever the correct term, I jogged two minutes and then sprinted for one minute. As I was sprinting near the end of my first mile, I saw that I was close to getting my first sub nine-minute mile. I ran as fast as I could. Then I went over nine minutes and I was at .9 mile. So I stopped and jogged pretty slowly, which added on a lot of time. I finished the mile at 9'35", which was still a record for me, but not what I was fighting so hard for. I tried to shrug it off and decided that I'd get it the following week.


After a rest day, today marked my new week. I've just recently started running on Sundays to make for four days a week. I try to run two miles at a moderate pace so that I'm not stressing my body too much with this extra day. Sometimes it seems like it takes my watch a quarter of a mile to register my actual pace, and in the meantime, it reads a faster pace than I'm actually going. So, I felt like I was running a bit fast, but not stressing myself too much. I was aiming for 10'30" miles. At half a mile, I realized that I was still going under nine minutes, so I figured I might as well try--I was halfway there. I kept up the consistent pace and hit one mile at 8'55".
I know it might not be a big deal to some people, but it was fast for me. I felt like I was going to throw up, but I went on to add another mile at a good (for me) pace too.

It feels good to be making progress.

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