So I've been really working my ass off for the last few months. I've only taken 3 days off since my new training program began back in August, post stroke. Running was easily the most important thing for me when I was in high school - it kept me busy, competitive, and gave me a mental edge. I lost that edge for several periods of my adult life and it feels great to be getting it back.
The key to my workouts has been weekly speed work. I'm down to a 6:48 pace and I can still get a lot faster with continued steady training and weight loss. Since I could run in the low 5 minute pace range in high school and high 5 minute pace range in my late 30's, I think it's realistic to still be under a 6 minute pace for a 5K by early next year. I guess we'll see.
Since you get what you measure, here are my times for my time trial loop since I started tracking it in mid September:
The yellows are new PR's. I ran a 27:35 back in early 2009 after a few weeks of training. I've got a half marathon scheduled for December 16 and I hope to be down to about 195 for that race. Here's a few pics taken after new PR's for the Claremont Standard. Notice that I am thinner and happier in each progressive photo. Have an awesome day!
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| 26:50 on Oct 23 |
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| 26:10 on Nov 6 |
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| 25:11 on Dec 5 |
