bike ride, math check by abby
i'm not super at math or anything, but hey g, i think it's like 11-minute miles to run in under 5 hours. you are there! and you can do it! my math goes like this (and could easily be obviously wrong to anyone but me): 11-minute miles x 26.2 miles = 288.2 minutes / 60 (minutes per hour) = 4.8 hours!!!! which is def under 5 hours!!!! and 5 hours is a fantastic goal!!!!!
and now i have exceeded my allowable exclamation point use for the next 5 years.
anyhow ... i ran the phoenix marathon in something like 4:20, and i know i was running pretty much 10-minute miles. although it was more like 9:30 for the first 10k because it's terribly exciting at first, and then 9:45s for a while as the excitment wore off, and then some 10s and 10:30s (plus walking through water stops) until about mile 24 and 25, which were probably closer to 11 or 11:30 (my feet hurt, and those were the hardest miles) and then a 10 for the last mile because i got inspired by seeing the finish line .....
the thing is to not get disappointed if you set a goal and don't quite make it. i set a personal best at the half-marathon marker in the phoenix race (and was also the happiest i have ever been to see a person holding a giant bowl of orange slices out for the runners), and at that point i realized that it was possible that i could finish in under 4 hours, and i got all excited about that. but then i had to tell myself that i probably wasn't going to make that, and that i should focus on my first goal of 4:30 and, no matter what, to just be pleased to cross the finish line in whatever time i could manage.
so. i think 5 hours is totally doable for you. and, it's totally great that you've shaved off so much time off your 5k! you're a rockstar ... and you're a runner, even if you think you aren't. ;)
anyway. i hurried home to squeeze in a bike ride before it got too windy, but it was already windy so it was good strength workout. now, of course, it is dead calm. oh well. i think i'll do my 9 tomorrow morning. here's hoping the ball of my hip stays put.
and now i have exceeded my allowable exclamation point use for the next 5 years.
anyhow ... i ran the phoenix marathon in something like 4:20, and i know i was running pretty much 10-minute miles. although it was more like 9:30 for the first 10k because it's terribly exciting at first, and then 9:45s for a while as the excitment wore off, and then some 10s and 10:30s (plus walking through water stops) until about mile 24 and 25, which were probably closer to 11 or 11:30 (my feet hurt, and those were the hardest miles) and then a 10 for the last mile because i got inspired by seeing the finish line .....
the thing is to not get disappointed if you set a goal and don't quite make it. i set a personal best at the half-marathon marker in the phoenix race (and was also the happiest i have ever been to see a person holding a giant bowl of orange slices out for the runners), and at that point i realized that it was possible that i could finish in under 4 hours, and i got all excited about that. but then i had to tell myself that i probably wasn't going to make that, and that i should focus on my first goal of 4:30 and, no matter what, to just be pleased to cross the finish line in whatever time i could manage.
so. i think 5 hours is totally doable for you. and, it's totally great that you've shaved off so much time off your 5k! you're a rockstar ... and you're a runner, even if you think you aren't. ;)
anyway. i hurried home to squeeze in a bike ride before it got too windy, but it was already windy so it was good strength workout. now, of course, it is dead calm. oh well. i think i'll do my 9 tomorrow morning. here's hoping the ball of my hip stays put.
posted by August at 2:09 PM
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