Over the past few weeks we've been running and building up our endurance, but we both felt we could be moving a little bit faster. Sunday evening was set to be our first up-tempo run. We headed out and to be honest, we just weren't feeling it. We ran 2km hard, walked 1km, then ran another 2km hard. It wasn't the speed, it was just an off day. Even though we had a walk break and only ran 4km total, it felt like a significant victory. We went hard and managed to pull out a reasonable run on a terribly off day that was filled with yawns, cramps and frowns.
Tonight on the other hand was fantastic. We set out at about 7 minutes/km and maintained our speed for 5.8km, before opting to sprint the final 200m. Even though we haven't done a full 10km run yet, we both know that our cardio is at the point where we're confident that we're completely able. Over the last week, we've set a goal of completing the run together (side by side) and under 60 minutes. Our plan for the next 4 weeks leading up to the Downtown Dash is to nudge our speed up and to build and maintain our pace.
Running with Robyn is a lot of fun. We've really discovered that we're tending to push each other. The competitive spirit is pretty strong within both of us, so us running together can be a bit of a comedy act. Who knows, at the end of this I may look like Dolph Lundgren....fingers crossed!
-Adam.
We're up to $580 raised for United Way of Burlington and Greater Hamilton! Only $420 to go so if you could find just $5 to give, it would make a huge difference to people right here in our community. Please click the link below to help:
https://www.giving.runningroom.com/hm/?sub=3&charityId=181&id=UDAHMwJmVTA%3D&item=8&guest=1&lan=1
Thanks again to all of our friendly friends who have helped us out so far:
Wendy & Steven Lowden
Joan Chrysler
Erin Jackson
Jeremy Gowling
Jacqueline Cantar
Anthony Cascella
Meg Eliz
Ashley Babics
Joe Fazari
Brenda Berney
Bobbi Smith
Lorna Pauptit
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