Work Works Testimonial!!
Quick story...
New Year's Day is the annual TESH Hangover Handicap 5 Miler along Lake CDA. Goes right along IMCDA course. Today I started out running with a couple buddies at a 9:00/mile pace just chatting and catching up. Lady in front of us has her dog get of leash and I help chase it down costing me a couple minutes. (good karma thing)
I take off after my buddies not realizing they had stopped behind me and caught up to another buddy. At this point I had run about 1.5miles at 7:00/mile which is almost IP for me!!
Started running with other buddy at about an 8:20 pace and just having a great conversation. A year ago 8:30pace was NOT conversing pace for me!! I was shocked to see how easy it was to run this pace while chatting and having heart rate stay low. We picked it up to about a 7:35 for the last mile and cruised in!!
Point of story is simple....not only have I gotten faster as I have aged, but I was all over the board today with pace and NO problem. If I had been running LSD all this time it would not have happened. OS works and works and works!!
Happy New Year!
Comments
Great story, Bryan. Thanks for sharing. I love the part about getting better as you age. I've been involved in athletics and recreational running my whole life but at 43 I'm faster and have more endurance then I ever did at 23 or 33. Pretty dang cool!
-Chris