This test was the first of three. At midterm you go two or four miles, and in the final week 5K or 10K.
Racing opportunities abound in October. The best bargains are the Oregon Track Club monthly race on the 9th ($5), Run with the Duck 5K on the 19th (free) and Intramural Cross-Country on the 29th (free). Best source of local race listings is: eclecticedgeracing.com.
You're welcome to join our half-marathon training run on Sundays, at 8 o'clock from the Eugene Running Company. This week's distance is seven miles.
Tuesday's runs in class are 2.3 and 4.6 miles. Meet again in front of the Rec Center, then move to the turf fields if latest construction work is finished there.
TODAY'S MILE TEST
(with time from .98 miles adjusted to full mile, and comparison to Tuesday's pace; target was to go faster for this shorter distance)
Erica -- 7:28 (-1:32 vs. Tuesday)
Teja -- 5:46 (-3:04) day's most improved, earning extra credit
TODAY'S 2-MILE TEST
(with time from 1.95 miles adjusted to full 2.0, per-mile pace and comparison to Tuesday's pace; target was to go faster for this shorter distance)
Sara -- 14:28 (7:14 pace, -1:36 per mile)
Anna -- 14:00 (7:00s, -34 sec.)
Owen -- 12:12 (6:06s, -2:44) day's 2nd most improved
Eleanor -- 23:48 (11:54s, -2 sec.)
Juan -- 15:30 (7:45s, -1:45)
LESSON
2: WINNING WAYS
A great beauty of running is that it gives everyone a chance to win. Winning isn’t automatic; you still have to work for success and risk failure. But unlike other sports there’s no need to beat an arbitrary standard (such as “par” or an opponent’s score). You measure yourself against your personal records. To the runner, a “PR” does not stand for public relations or an island in the Caribbean. It means “personal record,” and this PR may represent the greatest advance in the history of this sport. The invention of the digital stopwatch worn on the wrist turned everyone into a potential winner. Here was a personal and yet objective way to measure success and progress. It didn’t depend upon beating anyone, but only upon how the new numbers on the watch compared with the old ones.
A great beauty of running is that it gives everyone a chance to win. Winning isn’t automatic; you still have to work for success and risk failure. But unlike other sports there’s no need to beat an arbitrary standard (such as “par” or an opponent’s score). You measure yourself against your personal records. To the runner, a “PR” does not stand for public relations or an island in the Caribbean. It means “personal record,” and this PR may represent the greatest advance in the history of this sport. The invention of the digital stopwatch worn on the wrist turned everyone into a potential winner. Here was a personal and yet objective way to measure success and progress. It didn’t depend upon beating anyone, but only upon how the new numbers on the watch compared with the old ones.
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