Run 12

Time is always an issue.  Where does it go? How do we get more of it?  How can we use it wisely?  Even though I am enjoying running and enjoying this blog, I have to be careful not to let it take up too much time.  I have so many things I want and need to do, the list is endless.  As my running locations get further away from my house, it takes even more time to do a run.  It takes about 20 minutes to get to and from my starting/ending point, possibly longer as I get further away.  It then takes me about 45 minutes to run.  Then it takes another 30-60 minutes to blog depending on the complexity of the post.  That starts to add up to a lot of time.  So my goal today was to run faster.  First of all, I didn't have very much time to go running and secondly I want to push myself.  Most of my jogs have been about 45 minutes long at a pace of 9:30/mile.  I've been on enough runs to try and improve those numbers, so my goal tonight was to have a pace under 9 min/mile, which means my run should be less time.  

Since I was short on time, I started running the opposite direction, since it was closer to my house.  I ran 48th and 49th streets.  Earlier in the day I had went shopping for new fall weather work out clothes.  I also bought an ionic knee strap.  After I run about 3 miles my knees start to get sore, nothing major, I'm just not as young as I used to be.  So with my new clothes, knee strap and time goal I took off.  Luckily I had very few obstacles.  Both streets pretty much went straight through and I had good luck at the traffic lights.  Some times our minds are tricked.  My knee didn't bother me at all.  Whether the strap actually worked, or it was just a mental thing, who knows, but I can run faster and farther with it on.  

So as I completed the run I was pretty pleased with the results.  I ended up running 4.16 miles in 37:31 minutes, which is a pace of exactly 9 minutes/mile.  I wanted to be under 9, but I can't complain about 9.  :)

Time: 9:30 PM

Distance: 4.16 miles

Time: 37:31 Minutes

Music: Jewel (yes, this will be a reoccurring theme)