He sows hurry and reaps indigestion.
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Tag: Pace
Speed doesn’t matter
The long way is the shortcut
The long way is the shortcut.
Just finished shuffling through five mailboxes.
First with Cheryl at 515am.
Then again with Chapin at 615am.
Three weeks ago we did back-to-back weeks at three mailboxes.
Why?
Because we aren’t in a hurry.
This morning’s “run” was the equivalent of one and a quarter laps around a high school track.
Ridiculously slow progress.
Couldn’t be happier.
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Some of you know this if you’ve worked hard enough and long enough
Fastest post (July) surgery mile run so far. Didn’t particularly feel like running at a higher level, but after a mile warmup and some light stretching, decided to push a little – nothing ambitious.
Quickly realized that not exercising for the past three days provided the gift of a well-rested body. Within 30 seconds a notion – let’s shoot for a 6:20 mile.
Some of you know this if you’ve worked hard enough and long enough – you can get really good at delivering on what you say you’re gonna do.
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Can you run a mile and be off by five seconds or less?
Can set a time target (say 6:00, or 7:10) and run the mile and be off by five seconds or less. Bold claim? Yep. How? Why? Been running with a handheld stopwatch for about seven years.
I study cadence, stride length, breathing efforts, knee lift, arm pump, the presence of lactic acid and my tolerance of it…
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