Good luck to Jeff and Tricia, who will be running the Chicago Marathon today. I’m just in awe. These two are my new running inspiration. In honor of their feat, I pushed myself to an all new personal best (distance-wise) today: four miles! Along the way I managed to cut another half-minute off my 5K time. I can’t believe I did it. It wasn’t that hard, either, because I tried a new technique: “walk breaks”. Basically, I always thought that walking was, like, cheating. I didn’t know it was a legitimate strategy til Tricia linked that that guy’s site last month. So I tried it. One minute walking for every ten minutes jogging. And it worked! I found myself running at a faster speed because I could tackle each one in discrete units. I’m still a slowpoke, but I’m getting better. I feel pretty good.
(Did you notice how I managed to turn a little “Good luck” message to Jeff and Tricia into a post all about me? *sigh* I blog too much.)
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2 responses to “Good luck Jeff and Tricia!”
Thanks, Kris! The race was great (we both blogged about it, of course).
I’m glad that the walking thing is working out for you. I should have followed my own advice a little better yesterday; I’d probably have had a faster second half.
My friend who PR’d yesterday at 3:12 said that she always walks when she runs marathons (this was her 8th).
Good job on the 4 miles! Remember, in the long run you’re only on a race with yourself!
Hey, I tried to leave a comment at your site but YACCS seems to be down. Congratulations on your time! That’s so amazing. I’m glad you liked Chi-town too; it’s one of my favorite places. Get some rest… you’ve earned it!