Tuesday, June 30, 2009
one step too far. or maybe more.
having been disappointed with the time i had the last time i ran, i sorely wanted to do better this time out, so i decided to hold off doing any additional training for a 15K, and have a goal of doing better on a 10K run this time out. little did i know that, really, i should've mentally prepared for a setting a goal and really sticking to it.
it really does amuse me that i'm being a pretty consistent runner now. i set certain distance landmarks for 3, 5, 8, and 9.5K, and i've noticed that everytime i run, i'm always within a minute at each distance marker from the last run. and i do like that, though of course i wish i were a little bit faster.
and as i was approaching my 9.5K marker, i began entertaining the thought of trying out a 15K. i knew at this point that i would finish 10K within an hour, so, while checking my watch as i finished 10K (in 58:36), i decided to give it a scout's try and see how much left i had in the tank. the new objective would be to run until either a) i finished the 15K, or b) something gave out. but i knew that it was a bonus in itself to be even running beyond 10K. and so i went on, and i felt i slowed my pace down further to play safe; after all, like most new challenges, i had no idea what i was actually getting myself into.
i reached a point, however, where i was really feeling a groove; it's not numbness at all, but more like you were losing consciousness of what your doing and just doing it. which felt great. unfortunately, i had no idea if this meant that my body was about to give out. it didn't last long, though; i soon drifted back into 'consciousness', and i was feeling the labor carrying my strides as i was approaching the last 300 meters or so. Looking at my watch, i found that i had already passed the 1:30 mark (which will be my 15K goal), but i was satisfied with what i had done, and i finished with what i feel was a fairly decent time of 1:31:54.
it was a content kind of tiredness last night; i was happy with a good time on my first 15K trial run. though i believe i'll be training to improve my 10K times first, it seems like yet another good step towards that half-marathon by year's end.
having been disappointed with the time i had the last time i ran, i sorely wanted to do better this time out, so i decided to hold off doing any additional training for a 15K, and have a goal of doing better on a 10K run this time out. little did i know that, really, i should've mentally prepared for a setting a goal and really sticking to it.
it really does amuse me that i'm being a pretty consistent runner now. i set certain distance landmarks for 3, 5, 8, and 9.5K, and i've noticed that everytime i run, i'm always within a minute at each distance marker from the last run. and i do like that, though of course i wish i were a little bit faster.
and as i was approaching my 9.5K marker, i began entertaining the thought of trying out a 15K. i knew at this point that i would finish 10K within an hour, so, while checking my watch as i finished 10K (in 58:36), i decided to give it a scout's try and see how much left i had in the tank. the new objective would be to run until either a) i finished the 15K, or b) something gave out. but i knew that it was a bonus in itself to be even running beyond 10K. and so i went on, and i felt i slowed my pace down further to play safe; after all, like most new challenges, i had no idea what i was actually getting myself into.
i reached a point, however, where i was really feeling a groove; it's not numbness at all, but more like you were losing consciousness of what your doing and just doing it. which felt great. unfortunately, i had no idea if this meant that my body was about to give out. it didn't last long, though; i soon drifted back into 'consciousness', and i was feeling the labor carrying my strides as i was approaching the last 300 meters or so. Looking at my watch, i found that i had already passed the 1:30 mark (which will be my 15K goal), but i was satisfied with what i had done, and i finished with what i feel was a fairly decent time of 1:31:54.
it was a content kind of tiredness last night; i was happy with a good time on my first 15K trial run. though i believe i'll be training to improve my 10K times first, it seems like yet another good step towards that half-marathon by year's end.
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