Today I ran 6 miles in 43:13. After my usual warm-up mile at 7.5 mph, I ran 8X200 meter intervals at 9.6 mph, 4X200 meter intervals at 9.8 mph, 3X200 meter intervals at 10.2 mph, and 1X300 meters interval at 10.2 mph with a one minute recovery at 7.5 mph in-between each interval. When I finished the intervals I was at mile marker 5.20 and I finished out the sixth mile at 7.5 mph, though I ran the last .15 miles at 10.2 mph.
This date is always very interesting day for me. You see, it was seven years ago today that I began exercising. I was 80 pounds heavier and had 21% MORE body fat. I struggled to run 200 yards at 6.0 mph. I had no ambitions of ever running a race. Though I was determined, I hoped that I would stick with it and not give up. I did not know it at the time, but that first step changed my life. It has always seemed like my second birthday. I have known other people that feel the same way. Well, I recently found something on Pinterest that expresses it perfectly:
"The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on or blame. The gift is yours - it is an amazing journey - and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins." Bob Moawad
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