No Where to Go But Up (Down?)

I'm trying to improve my mile time, and I just ran my baseline timed mile (and I'm so sweaty that I'm barely able to type-- it's humid) and while my Runkeeper said I kept a 7:58 pace, I'm pretty sure it took me 8:04 to run the four laps around the track . . . so now I've got to do six weeks or so of long runs and speedwork, and see if I can knock my time down; I think I'll be able to do it, because I'm tipping the scales at a post-double-vacation 195 pounds, so if I lose a few pounds-- which I inevitably will-- I will naturally cut some time from my mile time (perhaps 2.5 seconds per pound).
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6 comments:

  1. WhitneyJuly 22, 2019 at 11:53 AM

    I wanted to see you top 200.

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  2. zmanJuly 22, 2019 at 1:59 PM

    I feel like this sentence is one big run-on (pun!) humblebrag:

    "My phone says I ran a sub-8-minute mile, but I think it was really 4 seconds over."
    "I went away for a month and ate my face off and I weigh 195 pounds, I'm a drippy-fat slob."
    "I took two vacations in a row."
    "I have so much free time that I'm working on running faster miles."
    "I will inevitably lose weight."

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  3. robJuly 22, 2019 at 3:13 PM

    the fog is getting thicker. and dave is getting larrrrger.

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  4. DaveJuly 22, 2019 at 5:27 PM

    i'm not exactly proud of an 8 minute mile, but it's reasonable-- and i do have the free time to improve my mile time (and i can't do anything else with my free time because we are broke from our costa rica trip . . . this is part humblebrag and part humility-- we're on a budget for the rest of the summer) and i always lose weight in september, once i start working and coaching again, so that's just experience. i will be outright bragging if i can improve my mile time! i definitely improved my serve today.

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  5. WhitneyJuly 23, 2019 at 12:28 AM

    200. Get there.

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  6. DaveJuly 23, 2019 at 8:25 AM

    i was probably there at points in this long vacation . . . depending on the amount of rice/beans/plantains i ate for breakfast and how much beer i had with lunch (minus the sweat from hiking in the rainforest)

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