Timed Mile

This month's challenge was to improve our timed mile. Everyone had different goals based on our original time that we ran on week 4. My original time was 10:58. My goal for week 12 was 9:30. I trained for it as much as I could on a treadmill, but running in circles on a track is much different than a treadmill. The rest of the group ran their miles on Sunday afternoon, but since I was at the taping of the Ellen Show, I had to do it by myself on Monday afternoon. Everyone who ran on Sunday met their goals, so the pressure was on me to keep the record perfect. I felt good starting the race and completed the first lap in about two minutes. As I kept going I wondered if I started off too fast because my mind was really telling me that I needed to walk. But I knew that if I walked, I probably wouldn't meet my goal, so I pushed on. After completing the third lap, I looked down at my watch an realized that I had 3 minutes left to complete the last lap and meet my goal. This made me feel good so I pushed through the last lap by telling myself that it is almost over. I usually can sprint that last 100 yds, but the wind was blowing against me strong and I couldn't go any faster. I crossed the finish line at 9:05! I was so excited to be finished and have exceeded my goal. I cut my time by almost 2 minutes! WOW! I can't believe it....and I felt good about 2 minutes after : ) Up next......the next 5K...Girls on the Run. Stay tuned for how I shatter my original 5K time and possible run the entire 5K!!!!