4 Races in August? Yup, I KNOW I Can!
>> Thursday, July 8, 2010
I went to a work get together and it came up that I ran a 5K last Saturday, everyone was so impressed. I am still on cloud 99 from the experience, that I have done some research and there are 4 possible 5Ks that I can do in August. Guess what? Goal 1: I am going to try and do them all. The next goal will be to have a better time at each race. First race is August 8. This is the one that I am going to focus on for now. I am starting my training (I never really stopped),with this race in mind, with a goal of 35 minutes (baby steps). I am keeping the training to the treadmill (not really a fan of this),but the weather outside has to cool down before I venture out to running 30 minutes + in this heat, I was cleaning the car today and had to fun inside because I felt sick,imagine running! Like I said in a previous post I want to bring my time down to 30 minutes. Hopefully, next week will be cooler and I can go back to training outside.
The 10K clinic ( I know I can't believe it either) begins Aug. 24 and I am so down. I still cannot believe how far I have come!
QUESTION: Does anyone have advice on how to improve my race time? Thank you in advance.
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5 comments:
I cannot be of any help with the race time, but I'm proud of how far you've come also!
SMILE! You have come far and its great. Im excited for you.
Check out Jess's blog she trained for a 10K not too long ago and she was focusing on her time. Keep it up chica!
http://www.halfofjess.com/
Checkout Black Girls Run for information on how to increase your time. www.blackgirlsrun.com. Good Luck on your upcoming races.
I would love to do a race sometime. I don't know why I'm so scared to do it but hopefully one day I'll get up the courage!
I suggest you go to Runners World online. They have multiple articles on how to improve your time. Also, go to BN and get some books on beginning women's running. I have a few that are awesome. One that I just got is Jeff Galloway's book on training for 5K and 10K's. He suggests a walk/run formula that he swears increases speed while protecting you against injury. The book itself is pretty self-explanatory and easy to follow if you want a clear cut plan on how to increase your speed.
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