Friday, May 30, 2008

A second faster without lifting a foot

I haven't raced in three weeks. I haven't even been running very much, as I have been busy grading exams, doing end-of-the-semester stuff, and getting sick. Nevertheless, without even so much as registering for a race, I managed to shave a full second off my post-high school PR. The official results for the Vaughn Forest 5k were posted (here). Apparently my official time was 19:12, a second faster than the time on my wrist watch.

This is the way to shave off seconds: sit around doing nothing and watch one's races get faster as time goes on. At this rate, I'll have run a 19-minute 5k by the end of November without running another race.

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