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Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Beating the Hill
Run Time: 51:31 (10:32 minutes per mile)
Total Miles to Date: 522.7
Thoughts on the Run:
Two nights of ice, one day of rest, and I was ready to beat the hill into submission today. My foot is still a little stiff but getting better. I was actually excited about the opportunity to get out in the heat and tackle a few hill repeats.
I jogged down and began my repeats. Apparently I'm improving a bit because my average pace including walking downhill between every repeat was 10:30 for this run. It was tough but definitely not impossible and I'm looking forward to the next workout that increases the number of repeats. There were a lot of people out and about.
I pushed hard up the hill and focused on breathing and pace. I found that when I feel like my legs will turn to jelly and I feel like I am breathing underwater, I can still push a lot farther and come out fine. I believe pushing through these "sticking points" is what is going to ultimately improve my fitness overall. I'm certainly finding that I recover (heart rate down, catching my breath, etc) much more quickly after the repeats, when just a few months ago hills would render me "out of commission."
I think a real test will come on Thursday when I do a pace run at the local park ... I did 5 miles at 9:30 two weeks ago, now I'm shooting for 8 miles at 9:30. Will be tough but not impossible and the course is relatively flat. I'll play my 5 mile "recovery" run by ear because I don't want to cut into my most important run, the long 20-miler at Kennesaw Mountain that I have scheduled for this weekend.
I've pulled some old audio programs from my previous company from the archives. There are several that I sold the rights to and look forward to sharing once the new company, Achieve Fitness, comes out with them. There was a weekly teleseminar I had where there is some content I still own. Some of it is interviews with industry professionals and I may put those together, but some were monologues related to the mindset of losing fat, one that focuses on the technical aspects, etc.
It is ironic because there are dozens of websites that allow free video uploads and hosting but almost nothing in the way of MP3. What I've found from some advice from others online is that people are making static images and uploading audio tracks as video with those static images. Interesting!
I created a mailing list that is accessible from the main side or in the navigation to connect with visitors and share things like these audio programs as I remaster them and make them available. My focus on this site is 100% free resources ... I'll continue to fund it simply through advertising and sales of my book.
Warmly,
Jeremy Likness
Labels: hill running
posted by Jeremy Likness | 8:32 AM
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