Friday, September 21, 2007

Faster Tempo Runs

I've set a goal to run faster.

I have worked at tempo runs. I do a mile or so at a comfortable warm up pace then I run a faster tempo. It is tiring but it is working for me. I ran my first training 10k at less than 59 minutes. I also ran my fastest mile ever (at least since my Army days as a teenager)!

I may not always appreciate training, but I do appreciate the results!

5 Comments:

Blogger peter said...

Running faster makes you run faster! I always tell my people that. That's impressive you brought a training 10K under an hour. That shows you're working hard.

I can't rememnber what I could run a mile at as a teenager. I don't think I want to know. I suspect it might have been under six minutes (although not by much). Now, after much training, my best time is 6:23 on a track in a race. Alas, not only youth is wasted on the young, but all that speed also.

5:45 PM  
Blogger Susan said...

Tempo Charlie! Your new name!

6:25 PM  
Blogger nylisa said...

Go Charlie! Burn up those tracks!

2:28 PM  
Blogger mrjwhit~ said...

Charlie, you are such an inspiration. You certainly provoke me to do more and produce better. Thanks.

Great work on that 10k! Wow, under 1 hour is great.

2:37 PM  
Blogger Cory said...

Tempo runs are my favorite workout for getting faster. Keep it up! Excellent at getting your 10k under an hour, good work!

7:21 PM  

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