Class 8

See what a different a rest break can make? It allows you to go faster without the running feeling any harder. It also can allow you to go farther than you could while running nonstop.

Thursday you'll ease into the long holiday weekend with a relaxed half-hour walk or run.

TODAY'S 2 X HALF-MILE INTERVALS

(with total time for one mile and comparison to last week's nonstop mile; target was to go faster, which everyone who ran last Friday did today)

Brianna -- 11:05 (no target)

Jason -- 10:17 (-1:10)

Haley -- 8:52 (no target)

Linfeng -- 8:20 (-3:53) day's most improved, earning extra credit

Challace -- 9:46 (no target)

Marissa -- 10:39 (-1:28)

Sanna -- 7:46 (-37 sec.)

Dustin -- 10:49 (-1:43)

Huimin -- 9:34 (-3:10) day's 3rd most improved

Jianguo -- 8:41 (-3:47) day's 2nd most improved

Yidi -- 10:41 (-2:03) 

TODAY'S 2 X ONE-MILE INTERVALS

(with total time for two miles, per-mile pace and comparison to last week's nonstop two-mile; target was to go faster, which everyone who ran last Friday did today)

Jasmine -- 15:24 (7:42 pace -32 sec. per mile)

Jacob -- 14:30 (7:15 pace, -23 sec.)

LESSON 8: GOING PLACES

The two basic raw materials of a running routine are time and space. And the two main reasons given for not running? “I don’t have time for it,” and, “I don’t have anywhere to do it.” Let’s dissect those excuses. You can run well on a half-hour every other day. That’s the time you could not spend watching a sitcom rerun. As for places, anywhere that’s safely walkable is also runable. Off-road is better than in traffic, soft surfaces are better than hard, but any choice is better than staying home. Make the time to run from periods you’d otherwise waste, and find the places that start right outside your door. The body doesn’t care when or where you run, only that you do it.