After a day off, I decided to try to increase the intensity of my run, if only slightly. Wednesday, I ran on Forbidden Drive before heading to the track to run a timed mile. Since I ran the mile in 10’27”, and since I felt like I didn’t really need the two minutes walking between eight-minute runs, I decided to change today’s routine to something slightly more intense: I ran four minutes, walked two, and then ran 11 minutes twice, separated by a two-minute walk.
The first 11 minutes were easy. During the second 11-minute run, though, I found that I was pushing myself—gently pushing, so to speak, because although my body was working harder, I didn’t feel like I was overdoing it. It’s been several weeks, in fact, since I felt this way while running, so it was probably time to push myself a little bit.
I’ll attempt to repeat the run tomorrow and Sunday. If that goes well, I think I’ll try next week to run 30 minutes without a break.
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