Welcome to winter running! Thanks to university maintenance crews for giving
us a safe place to train during a snowy/icy spell when those have been few to
none. Running is, at its best, an outdoor activity – and that’s always our
first choice for this class.
Starting today, I list your result for
each run. I also post a mini-lesson on running after each class. These will be
provide answers to the quiz given at the end of this term.
Thursday’s run will be a one- or
two-mile test, in which you try to go faster than today. That test
will follow a warmup mile. Meet at our now-standard spot: the northwest corner of the turf fields, near 15th Avenue.
TODAY’S
1.8 MILES
(with
time reported to me and per-mile pace; target was to keep it comfortable)
Erik B. – 15:55 (8:50 pace)
James B. – 13:28 (7:29s)
Amina D. – untimed
Houston – 13:28 (7:29s)
Katie -- 19:25 (10:47s)
Katie -- 19:25 (10:47s)
Leticia – 15:28 (8:35s)
Aminah K. – 19:08 (10:37s)
Eric S. – 12:17 (6:49s)
TODAY’S
2.7 MILES
(with
time reported to me and per-mile pace; target was to keep it comfortable)
Tori – 21:53 (8:06 pace)
Miguel – 25:00 (9:15s)
Scott – 24:31 (9:05s)
Amanda – 21:30 (7:58s)
Eleanor – 25:28 (9:26s)
TODAY’S
INDOOR RUN
(of
20 to 25 minutes on upstairs track)
Leah
Olivia
Bella
Joey
Mikhail
James S.
Jasmine
LESSON
1: WHY RACE?
Running in races is not a requirement for calling yourself a runner. Running is easier and safer without this added effort. Racing is hard, and moderately risky – but also exciting, challenging and motivating as it pushes you farther and faster than you could go alone. The race itself puts you on the line – not just the starting line but at the red-line of your abilities, where you can push no harder without breaking. Racing puts your training and resolve to their final test. You don’t take this test alone but in the company of dozens, hundreds or even thousands of runners like yourself. You aren’t competing with them; you’re cooperating. The competition isn’t with others but with the distance, the course, the conditions and the voice inside that pleads with you to ease off. Everyone else in the race is tested the same ways. You push, pull and pace each other.
Running in races is not a requirement for calling yourself a runner. Running is easier and safer without this added effort. Racing is hard, and moderately risky – but also exciting, challenging and motivating as it pushes you farther and faster than you could go alone. The race itself puts you on the line – not just the starting line but at the red-line of your abilities, where you can push no harder without breaking. Racing puts your training and resolve to their final test. You don’t take this test alone but in the company of dozens, hundreds or even thousands of runners like yourself. You aren’t competing with them; you’re cooperating. The competition isn’t with others but with the distance, the course, the conditions and the voice inside that pleads with you to ease off. Everyone else in the race is tested the same ways. You push, pull and pace each other.
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