I Ran 3 Kilometers! March 18, 2006
I’ve been thinking about Thursday’s run, and realised that what really stopped me at the 1.7 km mark was the hill looming in front of me. It wasn’t that the hill itself stopped me, it was just the thought of running up that hill.
So this morning, I determined to run the same route again, and this time to make it to the top of that hill. If nothing else, I’d add another .1 or .2 km to my personal best distance.
It was hard, but I made it to the top of the hill this morning! I kept going down the gentle slope on the other side, and found that I regained a bit of energy running downhill. So I kept going. And going. And going!
I ended up running all the way to my 3 km (1.9 mile) marker!
This is the first time in more than 7 years that I’ve run 3 km without walking or stopping. This is huge for me.
My time was 16:10, which isn’t great by competitive standards but it’s something to work with. At least now I’m running the whole distance, I can work on improving my pace. Previously, I was just trying to run for longer and walk for less.
My plan now is to keep running 3 km for a couple of weeks, and see if I can get the times down. I’d also like to build my endurance up, so I’m not quite so out of breath at the end 
.
Once I’m happy with my time and endurance over 3 km, I’ll build up to 3.5 km, then 4 km, then 4.5 km, and finally 5 km. My goal is to be running 5 km (3 miles) at least 3 mornings per week. By the time I’m fit enough to go that distance I should be getting times of under 24 minutes, which fits nicely into a half hour timeslot with 3 minutes each of warm up and warm down.
The only question now is how many weeks will it take me to get there?
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[...] My overall fitness has increased immensely this year. I’ve gone from being puffed climbing a single set of stairs, to running a mile, running 3 km, and even running 5 km in under 27 minutes. [...]
glad to hear that you are making an effort to run these distances. i run almost daily for an entire year. i am able to run 1.5 miles in under 10 minutes, and have ran for 50 minutes straight. the only thing to hold you back is motivation. BE MOTIVATED.
After a long, slack period (winter weather, family responsibilities, plus other excuses) I’m now getting back into the running. I’m back up to running 3.5 km, and am working towards running 5 km again.