7.2km benchmark
I love Friday evenings. :)
Finished the 7.2km hilly route near my workplace in the fastest time ever. In August last year, I was doing this route in 49mins. Today, I did it in 41mins 57secs.
So much of running is in the mind. I've been doing the 10km on the treadmill and I suspect that the only reason I could keep up the pace today was because I kept telling myself that it was only 7.2km so I might as well go a little faster. I was very tired actually -- the hills did me in, but I kept thinking, "Just a little bit more, just to that junction, and then I'll be almost done" etc. etc., all the way home.
What a great way to start the weekend! :)
Finished the 7.2km hilly route near my workplace in the fastest time ever. In August last year, I was doing this route in 49mins. Today, I did it in 41mins 57secs.
Date | Minutes |
| 03-Aug-04 | 49 |
| 16-Aug-04 | 49.9 |
| 25-Aug-04 | 45.35 |
| 01-Sep-04 | 44.46 |
| 28-Sep-04 | 45.95 |
| 06-Oct-04 | 45.15 |
| 12-Nov-04 | 48.6 |
| 01-Dec-04 | 47.6 |
| 08-Dec-04 | 44.38 |
| 18-Jan-05 | 45.5 |
| 16-May-05 | 45.6 |
| 17-Jun-05 | 43.8 |
| 22-Jul-05 | 41.95 |
So much of running is in the mind. I've been doing the 10km on the treadmill and I suspect that the only reason I could keep up the pace today was because I kept telling myself that it was only 7.2km so I might as well go a little faster. I was very tired actually -- the hills did me in, but I kept thinking, "Just a little bit more, just to that junction, and then I'll be almost done" etc. etc., all the way home.
What a great way to start the weekend! :)
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on Friday, July 22, 2005 at 4:50 PM.
:)
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