Day 2 of 6 weeks training towards faster time!

So here I am on 8/9/2011 and embarking on a new training to run a 4 and 5 mile race faster. I have decided I will document my journey this time because I did a half marathon on 7/31/2011 and yet other than my gps watch documenting my pace and heart-rate I never did anything to keep track of what I did during my training. I have no recollection of how easy and/or hard a work out was and no way of knowing where exactly I need to improve.

When I started jogging again after my hip issue, the big big pain I use to get on my right hip, I was good about tracking my treadmill runs. I recorded the calories burned, the distance and time I ran. I occassionally did comment on whether it was a good workout or if I had a hard time. Then when I took my runs outside, actually when I started my training, I stopped recording anything at all.

After hearing someone elses version of my athletic ability, or actually someone's incorrect account of my athletic ability, it was a nice kick in the butt. Maybe I'm wrong and maybe its a matter of how I see things and how they saw things....but my gut tells me they were just wrong. I now have decided that unless I write it down then I won't recall how it really was. So now besides wanting to kick butt, thanks for the motivation, I want to document and take it as a tool to help myself improve.

Again I am embarking on a 6 week training schedule to improve my pace at a 4 mile run I have on Saturday, September 17, 2011. My goal is to get under a 9:28 pace/mile as that was my best time for a 4 Mile race I did March 27th, 2011.

I did a relatively easy 3 mile run today as it took me more than 30 mins to get it done...hmm I should have recorded how long it took. I think it was less than 35 mins. I took it easy because I haven't run since the 1/2 marathon which was 9 days ago. My legs are still working a little tightness on my left hamstring, my breathing needed some help and yes I could go faster but that is what we will be working on these next 6 weeks. I'm nervous yet excited. I really just want to get faster and more fit.

Day 1 down...well day 2 as day 1 is a rest day, hehe, now 38 more days until race day!