When the #3!! does this running get easier?

[Allen Yeh]

Awesome! So maybe there is hope for me after all! (now if only I could get this pesky life thing to give me a little break here and there and let me workout!)

[Steve Shafley]

Heh. Very nice. All the talk of high test levels and such is making me a bit nervous.

[Jamila Bey]

Aww Steve,

Fear not. Unless you're sharing a bed with me, you'll have nothing to worry about!

[Chris Forbis]

Originally Posted by Jamila Bey

Update:

I decided that I'd just suck it up and do the damn running and believe that I'm someone that just doesn't adapt to it. (T-levels are still ULTRA high!)

Then yesterday, I was running at the track that I get to about once or twice a month and there's a guy that LOVES to lap me and make snide remarks about my needing to "stop walking." He asked me what would be my workout and I said, (and I wonder where I got this from!) "Just ten 100m sprints. Run, walk back and repeat."

Then, smart-assed, middle aged guy said, "Mind if I do it with you?" And before I could think, my ego responded, "No problem!"

Not only did I beat him in every round, but I got a little stitch in my side in round 6- it was gone during the walk back to start and I started getting cocky and running backwards I was STILL beating the guy!

And the thing is, I felt like I had a solid warm up- I really didn't get to the level of thinking I would die.

Yippee!

Awesome.

Nothing puts a hop in your step like smoking a distance runner in an event requiring power...

[Jamila Bey]

Another running update

I'm a member of a (professional) club which has a gym in it that nobody dare break a sweat in. And since my football coach has called us D-linemen (gender don't matter in tackle football, I'm told) "fat and slow," I've taken MWF mornings at said club to improve my running.

I've decided to do one minute run @ 10mph/one minute walk at 3mph for ten rounds.

#1. I had NO IDEA I could run 10 mph
#2. I was shocked and delighted to find that I could sustain this for 60 secs
#3. I went from being like 62 or 63 fastest on the team (of 65) to being solidly in the middle a few weeks back. Now, I'm solidly in the top middle. 25th maybe?
#4. I have NO DIMPLES on my legs anymore!!!

But the reason I mentioned the club is that I've gotten the reputation as "That freelancer who runs really fast." And I GOT SOME WORK because of it!

So thanks to the advice I've gotten here, I'm gettin' paid! Whoo hoo!

[Derek Simonds]

I love reading your updates. That is so awesome.

I ran 10 X 100 with my sister last night. All intervals were sub 17 seconds and I felt really good. I hit 15 seconds on 4 of them, no world record times but fast as crap for me. My sister was right there with me. Did I mention that she took 22nd overall out of 1200 at the Danskin triathlon last weekend. Today my calves are killing me.

[Steve Shafley]

All of this illustrates quite nicely the value of sport and competition in sharpening the saw.

Kick ass, Jamila.

[Jamila Bey]

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