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« February "Web Doctor" | Main | "TV Stardom On $20 A Day" » February 19, 200696 Seconds To GoAfter I did Portland last year, I blogged about wanting to "go faster" - namely, wanting to increase my running speed so I can get around Greenlake three times in less than an hour (aka "8.4 mph"). My first step is to get around the lake once, sub-20:00. In many ways, going faster is a lot harder than doing distance running. With distance, you can settle in to a nice rhythm and just ... extend. With speed, you have to push yourself, prevent your bod from getting in to that rhythm, and consciously keep your focus. So today, I hit the lake with Elaine and Richard, and managed to turn in my best-ever (recent) time for once around: 21:35. That means I've got to shave 96 seconds in order to get 19:59. The last few weeks have seen steady speed increases - 30 seconds here, 40 there - but I know that this is going to get a lot, lot harder as I approach the limits of my natural running speed. It's going to be a game of inches. My stamina will get better, and that'll help me sustain. Music helps, too. So I'm optimistic. I can do this! Posted by Gavin Shearer at February 19, 2006 8:55 PM. Posted to Fitness. CommentsPost a commentThanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out) (If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)« February "Web Doctor" | Main | "TV Stardom On $20 A Day" » |