Words 234
Today was a
great day. We had biked past the
elementary school last night so I knew where the monkey bars were. Thus, I was able to do a couple sets of pull-ups. On the way back, I also ran past the high
school track so I was able to run a ‘quick’ quarter mile. I ran less than a half second slower than
1:15. As I continued to run afterwards,
I was thinking, “Man, if I had just pushed it a bit more, I’m sure I would’ve
beat 75 seconds.”
Then I
continued to think, “Well, you know I DID give it an extra boost a few
times. And I remember consciously making
my legs and arms move.” If I hadn’t done
made those moves a couple times, I wouldn’t have achieved even the result that
I did.
I just
looked back at the record quarter-mile time from last summer. It was 1:15.17 from the 31st of July in Emmetsburg. This makes me quite happy: Last year, I had been running the quarter
mile several times each week. This time,
I was able to achieve nearly the quickest result in only one attempt. Usually, when I run a distance, the first time,
I lollygag a bit (either consciously or sub-consciously) and I am able to
improve. This time, even with the
sub-conscious lollygagging, I nearly equaled my best effort from last
year. Amazing.
No comments:
Post a Comment