Wednesday, December 9, 2015

3. Run a six-minute mile

See my last post for information about me and athleticism.  (I.e., there is very little to speak of.)

However, I want to see if I can run a six-minute mile.

I've never been a fast runner, and this is the standard for physical fitness, so I'm going to work on it.

When I started running, my mile time was about 15 minutes.  (That's also the same speed as a brisk walk.)

It took me about six months to get my speed down to about 12 minutes.

A few years later, my speed is about ten minutes.

If I can take a minute off my mile every year, I can do it.

However, there's something to be said about entropy.

I'm 36.  My body isn't really speeding up.  It's taken a lot of work to get where I am now, and it's going to be a lot of work to finish this one.

I run about two-to-three times a week.  I typically run somewhere between four and eight miles.

My body can tell if I haven't run and it tends to make me feel bad.

Yes, this is a short post, but it's very much a work in progress, and most of the other running stuff went into the post about running a marathon.

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