Are you still moving? Still motivated? Still healthy? Still having fun?
These are the four keys to any (exercise) wellness lifestyle you adopt.
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How are your running goals coming along?
Tag: summer
So I’m working on 2012 being the beginning of a running comeback
Working on a running comeback. Just another way to stay motivated. Six years ago, ran a 4:59.7 mile. Now it’s hard to comprehend anything close to five minutes. And at 53 no less.
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PS. Share a goal, ask questions, or tag along. Remember, this is the summer of no regrets…you remember….right?
Can you run a mile and be off by five seconds or less?
Can set a time target (say 6:00, or 7:10) and run the mile and be off by five seconds or less. Bold claim? Yep. How? Why? Been running with a handheld stopwatch for about seven years.
I study cadence, stride length, breathing efforts, knee lift, arm pump, the presence of lactic acid and my tolerance of it…
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And just to be clear on focus
You’re here because you get it. You get that sustained motivation is rare, and you get that Mid Life Celebration has it. You also get that my blogging style has changed. And continues to change. But what you don’t see is the incredible consistent accuracy I can run the pace I project I’ll run….
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Positive splits will kill your finish
Remember the 5:46 mile from a few days ago. Well, for the first time in years, I ran a positive split. The first half 800 was faster than the second 800. Splits of 2:50/2:56.
Here’s the thing, had I run a 2:56 first 800, a 2:49 was doable for the second 800. Running a full six seconds slower at the beginning would have netted a time one second faster.
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PS. Analyzing the situation, my eyes were bigger than my stomach. Was excited (too excited in this case) to go out fast. About 90 seconds in I realized the split was not going to be negative. What happens then is how long can you hold the pace without crashing and burning. Fun stuff. You’re having fun too, right?