So, one of my goals in me weight loss journey has been to improve my running ability. Ever since middle school, when we had to do the "mile run/walk" as part of PE, I was never really good at it. But, since starting my journey, I have doubled down on improving my ability to run--both sprinting and long distance.
To achieve that, I have been dedicating 2 days per week out of my 6 day exercise schedule to focus on running: M, T, R, F weight training, W and Sa cardio/running. When I started, I could only average 3mi/h, and through cardio specific HIIT (ex: 4 minutes fast walking @ 3.5mi/h, 1 minute running @ 5mi/h), I have progressed to 3 minutes fast walking at 4.5mi/h and 2 minutes of running at 6-6.5mi/h (increasing each interval). And whereas before, I could only keep my pace up for 45-50 minutes, I'm now at 93-97 minutes for each session!
All of this has led to yesterday, where I completed 7.03 miles in 97 minutes, with an average pace of 13'52", new 5k record of 39'11", and I wasn't completely dead afterwards!
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