Fit for Speed: Magic Mile

After running 4 half marathons, I wanted a new challenge! The speed training class offered at RunOn!, Fit for Speed, sounded like the best way to not only improve my mile time, but learn new running techniques to incorporate in my training! I registered a few days ago and was nervous before the start of class today! I felt like a little kid before kindergarten.

Today, I met my coach, Alissa. She's a distance runner too and I am really looking forward to learning tips from her throughout this training class. As a warm up, we ran from the Dallas RunOn! store to the SMU track. Then, the fun part, the magic mile- a mile at 100%. The time is used as a base for my training for the rest of the course. I ran my little heart out, cough and all! I am quite pleased with my magic mile and I'm really looking forward to improving my mile time!

Magic Mile Result: 8 minutes 35 seconds

1/4 mile splits: 1:50, 2:06, 2:17, 2:22