As we've been training for the Conference meet this Saturday, we've been on a tight schedule. By this weekend we will have run two "pace cognition" workouts with a combination of harder runs and recovery days in between. This past Saturday, we ran a "fartlick" work-out, in which we intersperse a normal run with short near-sprint bursts. On Sunday we did our usual long run, some going for as long as 12 miles! That'll be the day.
A highlight of this week was hearing the story firsthand of a now 79-year-old man who ran a marathon 4 years ago after having only ever run 10K. He built up a training regimen but didn't even tell his wife and daughter that he was doing it until the day of the race. He ended up finishing first in his age group. The moral of his story, he said, was that we shouldn't not do anything because of age. Just imagine if everyone disregarded age in everything they did and didn't do. It's nice to keep in mind as we run, knowing that it really can be a life-long sport. And even if our times aren't the same when we're 75 as they are in college, our mental strength and endurance can only improve.
Amber Dahlin
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