15/05
20:30 minute run, 1.69 miles (12:08/mile)
Made a 20 minute playlist (well 20:24) made of eight ~equilength songs.
Turned off MMR's voice feedback so I wouldn't worry about speed. After a few false starts I managed to run for 20 minutes so even though it's a little slower than I "envision" (would have guessed 11:00 per mile for 1.86 miles if you'd asked at the beginning of the month)
i) No particular reason to expect I'd have a great idea how far I can run in 20 minutes, given I haven't run 20 minutes in what, two years? Longer?
ii) I took my 1 mile time from 12 minutes to 10 minutes in a month and there's no reason to think I can't do similar for my 1.69 mile time especially since
iii) I was pacing myself. Very happy the run ended when it did but my pulse taken about a minute later was ~135 and my shirt still smells freshly washed and while I have endorphin tingles I'm really not that tired so there's more in there
although re. the 33.5 minute 5k (10:43smile) on June 1, I now think 35 minutes is a better aim (11:12/mile). Let's see. As long as I put in the training I'm going to be so much fitter than at the beginning of April than it's basically an automatic W.
Won't know if the run really took so little out of me until tomorrow but want to keep at it with a limited amount of time until June 1. And I
do want to get something around a 40 minute run in a week before Jun 1. Even if it's 35 minutes running and 5 minutes walking. Need to build up endurance (muscle more than cardio).
p.s playlist recommendations welcome!