After last week it was easier to run. It felt like a weight had been lifted off my chest. My mile time is pretty inconsistent. My fastest mile this week was 9 minutes and 26 seconds and my slowest mile was 11 minutes and 39 seconds. While my time is not decreasing my endurance is getting much better. I am able to run for much longer without stopping which makes me very proud of myself. I ran 3.7 miles without stopping this week!
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This week was... a week, that's for sure. I ran four times this week all over 3 miles but my times were slow. My fastest mile was 9 minutes and 43 seconds which was very disappointing. This made me really discouraged and I just felt like quitting. I was really reluctant to write this post and make it public because I was scared to be judged by whoever may see this post. I explained to my mom how I felt and while she understood how I felt, yet she pushed me harder to get back out and run. So I did, with her. This week made me realize that it doesn't matter what other people think and if someone's not going to support you on your journey to get somewhere, they don't deserve you when you make it.
Hey Y'all! I am so proud of myself with this weeks progress! I only went on two runs this week one on Wednesday and Saturday. On Wednesday was not motivated at all, I thought to myself "Let's just get this over with so I have something to write about for that darn Genius Hour project". Let's just say this run was as horrible as I thought it was going to be. I planned to do 4.2 miles and about a mile in I stepped in literal horse poop. I was so freaking mad that it just made me run even faster. The fastest mile was 9 minutes and 45 seconds but the slowest mile was around 10 minutes and 57 seconds. However Saturday was much better, I had nothing to do for a few hours so I decide to go on my longest run yet, 5.7 miles. The run started out on my normal route then cut across into a whole different county, Iredell to be exact. Then just at the half way mark, it started pouring. Like not your normal rain, the kinda rain when you wait in the car for it to slow down before you go inside. The kinda rain that stings when it hits your bare skin. Yeah, that kinda rain. So I really didn't know what to do. I called my dad and of course being the kind of man he is, he said just keep going unless it started lightning. So that's exactly what I did. And I have never had more fun on a run then I did that day. I made sure to step in every puddle to get the highest splash I could. When I got home I was drenched from head to toe, yet I felt awesome. All around a great week.
This week was a challenge. The longest run I ran was 3 miles, and when I say I died I am still surprised I'm breathing after that day. It started out fine but then...I got calf cramps. The worst cramps I've ever had were the ones I had that day. After some research I decided that I needed to be drinking more water all throughout the day but mainly before my run. I also read that eating a banana after a run is good for cramps. So on Wednesday I ran just a mile and it was like Heaven compared to the 3 mile run earlier in the week. Fastest mile: 10:27!
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AuthorHi, I'm Autumn Harbour and I'm a student at Davie county High School, I play lacrosse and shoot skeet. Archives
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