I went for my run yesterday and there were a few people running the park trail. I typically run a three mile loop around the park and there days when it is all I can do to finish.
I had always been told, by people who run, that the longer you run the easier it becomes. This is a bold face lie! I find the longer I run the harder it becomes. I have been at it for a little over a year and I am not getting any better. Sure my recovery is much quicker, but my time and distance are not improving a bit.
Yesterday, was my first run in a week as I have been out of town and taking care of this and that and my run suffered because of it. I had to stop twice! Granted these were short spots where I had to walk, but still I had to actually stop. My time was 40 seconds off my average and it just gets me down that I am not making strides of improvement.
I read about people who do not run training for a marathon in 18 weeks. How they doing this? I try every now and then to do two laps and it is just sad! When will I get better at this run thing?
I am at it yesterday and this girl I see is on at least lap three and my one sad little lap is only slightly better than hers and she is still going!
My saving grace is that I need to run 1.5 miles in a decent time - which I can do. I have also been told during COT there is a 5K run (3.2 miles) and I can finish that even is the time will not be stellar. However, those dreams of running a marathon just do not seem in the cards for me and maybe I need to aim a little lower like maybe a 10K or even a half marathon one day, but I need to be able to run more than three miles before I can consider such lofty goals.
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