Once upon a time, I volunteered for a well known organization called Big Brothers, Big Sisters. If you have an opportunity to participate in such a program, I would highly recommend it. That experience changed my life forever as well as the life of the child I was paired up with.
My then little sister (now she is a wife and successful real estate agent in a large metropolitan city), stated on her application that she wanted her big sister to be "pretty and smart" among other things. Once she selected me, it became an inside joke in our household that I was pretty and smart.
With that said, I am having a lot of trouble with the 'mathematics' of running. Maybe you can help me? As part of my training, I run a "long run" once a week. My long run is currently 6.2 miles. I usually run that 6.2 miles between 52 and 54 minutes at a very easy pace. I could chat the whole way.
So, let's do the math together:
If I can run 6.2 miles (10K) in 52 to 54 minutes, how long does it take me to run 3.1 miles (5K)?
If you said 26-27 minutes, that is the same answer I got!
But apparently running math is not the same math we all learned in school. My current 5K pr is 31:06! Am I the only one who missed the running math class?
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
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