Miles repeat
Preparing for the upcoming Transplant Games, I have been running around the tracks.
The training is quite simple.
Run one mile (4 laps). Then one lap easy.
Do it three times.
In most cases, I run too hard that after the second mile I had to call it off.
Yesterday I was running the tracks. It just finished raining. The track was still soft. A certain part of the track had pool of water.
The sun was out and the air was damp.
I did my first set. Four laps at 1:50 each. The goal was 7:20. I must have run much faster because I ended with a 6:54. Kept telling myself to slow down on the first lap. A kid was running one lap while his dad was watching. It was fun to have him running along side.
The second set. 7:14. This was a tough set. I was holding on at the end. Felt like I was running harder guess not.
I did one jog around the lap to cool down.
I stood there for a sec and watched over the track. It is only 400 m yet it felt so much longer. I thought, ‘Cliff, since you are here anyways, you might as well get it done and go home.‘
