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I Ran A Mile! March 16, 2006

Actually, I ran slightly more than a mile this morning – 1.7 km, or 1.06 miles.

When I first started running, I just ran for as far as I could, then walked until I could run again, then ran as far as I could, then walked, etc. That’s a pretty undisciplined way to exercise, and I tended to be lazy and walk for longer than I should have, so I don’t think I was getting as much out of the exercise time as possible. I was covering 3 km in about 20 minutes or so.

For the past few weeks, I’ve been running for 2 minutes, walking for 1 minute, running for 2 minutes, etc. I do this for 3 km (I drove the route in the car to make sure it was accurate). I found I was less sore when doing this, but I was covering the 3 km in a faster time than the ad-hoc way (around 18 minutes).

I usually have some steam left when I get to the 2 minute mark when jogging, so I don’t think I’m pushing myself into the zone where I might strain something or injure myself. And because I have to start jogging again after a minute, I’m not being lazy and walking for longer than I need to.

This week I increased the 2nd and 4th jogging intervals to 3 minutes, which obviously gave me faster times (around 17.5 minutes). I didn’t feel like I was pushing myself too far, so I’m getting fitter.

Today I decided to experiment and see how far I could run in one stretch. I went a lot, lot further than I thought I could, and really surprised myself. I ran for about 9 minutes straight, and when I measured it out later it was 1.7 km (1.06 miles). Wow!

I’ve felt great all day today!

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