I ran to the SJ park, trying to get well warmed up for our 5Ks. We started running and I found myself not far behing Peggy, Cheris and Michelle. I was hoping to maintain that, but gradually I fell behind. However, I was happy with my time, 23:49, because that is about 3 minutes faster than I ran it about a month ago. I was pretty wasted at the end, more coughing/sick feeling that I would have liked, but not as bad as it's been lately, so I'll see that as progress. After some recovery time, we ran it again. I knew I had to take it easier on this one, and my time was 25:04. Not bad for feeling sick for some of the run. Later I hit the canal road with the schnauzer and ran a little more, mainly still working on getting a better form. I think I've figured out the best form to run with, now I just need to be able to maintain it for an extended period of time. It is so easy to fall back into the old tense, tight, inefficient way. |