Running! Such an evil word and an even worse activity. An activity that is making my life miserable. See I have been lax in my training and it reflects in my recent attempts at running.
When I am running regularly I can run a mile in about 08:25. Not blazing speed, but respectable enough to allow me to pass my PFT. However, since I have been a lazy slug since finishing COT I am now running around 09:30 mil/min. Not a respectable time. The evil truth is that the only way to improve run times is to run more! I do not care for that crazy logic.
So, I run! I gasp for air! I curse all those Sam Adams I have been sucking down over the past 6 weeks and I run some more. It is frustrating that improvements come so very slowly and takes so much effort. It also frustrates me that others seems to run with ease and can blow my times out of the water.
I have come to the acceptance that i will never enter a marathon. Never even run a half marathon. I just don't have an inner runner screaming to get out. The most I will ever do in about 5 miles and I am okay with that. I mean I have been running for two years and there are days I can't finish a mile without stopping to walk. so i can never imaging 20-something - forget that!
For now I run mile one mile at a time and hope that I can improve enough to pass my test.
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