Running speed improving
I ran in the Harrisburg Road Runner’s “Camp Hill Triple-Threat” informal race on Sunday morning which consists of a 400m, 1600m , and a 4 mile segment. I had ran this event twice last year, but those were before I was running on a regular basis and I’ve also lost a good chunk of weight since those races.
My 400m times have gone from 83.0 -> 79.5 -> 70.1
My 1600m times have gone from DNF -> 7:04.7 -> 5:59.6
I was really happy to break 6 minutes for the 1600 (even if just by a hair) , it is definitely a nice psychological barrier to pass.
My 4 mile times aren’t indicative of a hard effort, I’ve been taking those easy: 49:47 -> 41:54 -> 35:48
I haven’t been running any speed work, there are some sessions held in Camp Hill on Tuesdays that I’m hoping to start making as soon as my work travel schedule calms down a bit. My next goal is to try and break the 20 minute barrier for a 5k race.