weekly check-in

[ilanarama]

Hello, runners? How goes it? Did you race this weekend? Are you racing next weekend? How goes the change of seasons in your part of the world?

Here's your inspirational quote for the week:

"We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves...The more restricted our society and work become, the more necessary it will be to find some outlet for this craving for freedom. No one can say, 'You must not run faster than this, or jump higher than that.' The human spirit is indomitable." - Sir Roger Bannister

Comments

[blnchflr]

I ran another 5K race, and cut almost a minute off my previous time \o/

[melusina]

Awesome -congrats!

[blnchflr]

Eh, my very slow time, but still it was very exciting :oD

[nanila]

That's good progress! Don't undermine yourself. :)

[ilanarama]

Yay!

[blnchflr]

I'm trying not to be too excited and think I can break 30 mins this year - do you know any sites with info on how fast one can realistically expect to progress in relation to amount of training? Too individual to be able to calculate?

[ilanarama]

I suspect that it's an individual thing, yeah, and probably impossible to quantify. But if you run more, you will certainly get faster (although you definitely will need to add the more running in a smart way, so as not to injure yourself).

[blnchflr]

Oh hai, randomly catching up on old comments:

There's no chance of me ever overdoing it, so no worries there, I think :oP

[sophinisba]

Awesome!

[blnchflr]

Thank you :o)