Con and I wanted to run our long 9 miles yesterday to avoid Super Bowl exhaustion---We are having family over later to watch the game and he had Lax this am--however, Mother Nature had other plans. There was icy cold rain here in the NE yesterday and running 9 on the treadmill was NOT an option.
It turns out today could not have been better for our 9 miles--high 30s and SUNNY---we definitely got our dose of vitamin d. Thank you, Mother Nature Here I am pre-run in the sun:
For those of you who do not follow this blog (the whole world minus a few nice souls)---Con has been having a hard time with the long runs lately--sore/tired/acting like a typical 13 year old learning how to endure---anyway, we tried new shoes--but really he just needs a new attitude--a "CAN DO" attitude. He is a natural runner (great form) and he is strong----and he wants to do it (I do not force him to run). He wanted to use a run 3 minute--walk 1 minute approach--we have done this in the past and it worked well---thank you, Jeff Galloway.
Split | Time | Distance | Avg Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | 01:37:44 | 9.06 | 10:47 |
| 1 | 00:10:11 | 1.00 | 10:11 |
| 2 | 00:10:18 | 1.00 | 10:18 |
| 3 | 00:10:57 | 1.00 | 10:57 |
| 4 | 00:11:06 | 1.00 | 11:06 |
| 5 | 00:10:47 | 1.00 | 10:47 |
| 6 | 00:11:02 | 1.00 | 11:02 |
| 7 | 00:11:15 | 1.00 | 11:15 |
| 8 | 00:11:12 | 1.00 | 11:12 |
| 9 | 00:10:17 | 1.00 | 10:17 |
| 10 | 00:00:35 | 0.06 | 09:53 |
Today's song, Outkast, BOB
2 comments:
I'm tempted to try this run/walk thing too.
I have been running nonstop, but I know one of my friend is doing the run/walk thing and her splits are usually single digit.
Glad that run/walk thing worked for your son.
Christina, I read about it in Jeff Galloway's marathon book--I can't remember the title---but I will say that instead of feeling absolutely spent at mile 6-7-8--I still had energy--that never happens.
His idea is that if you take breaks early and often and use the run/walk you will build your endurance and speed. It is a hard concept to "believe" but I have noticed on other runs we did this summer that my overall pace is the same or better--sooooooo maybe I should use this more often:)
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