During the first week of Project Running, I ended up at an average pace of 6:13/km. My goal for the second week was first and foremost to complete three runs of at least three kilometers each, but in addition to that I had a bonus goal of increasing the average pace by 5%.
Just like 4 Non Blondes back in the early 1990s, I realized quickly that this bonus goal of mine would be hard to achieve this week. But it was very close. I reduced my average pace by almost 4%. Here’s how this week’s results ended up like.
| Day | Distance | Duration | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | – | ||
| Tuesday | 3.70 km | 22m28s | 6:04 |
| Wednesday | – | ||
| Thursday | – | ||
| Friday | – | ||
| Saturday | 3.66 km | 21m36s | 5:54 |
| Sunday | 3.55 km | 21m05s | 5:56 |
| SUM/AVG | 10.91 km | 21m43s | 5:58 |
I am very happy with this weeks results, even though I didn’t completely reach my goal. That goal was fetched out of thin air anyway, so I don’t care.
I’ve heard lots of good things about interval running, so I’m considering replacing one or two of these weekly runs with interval runs. More on that in a later post.
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