Exercise is a funny thing: the more you do it, the more you can do. For 18 months or so we've been walking around the tan. Increasingly quickly. As we do so some joggers typically complete three or more circuits, which shows that our walks weren't pushing the limits of human endurance. It probably takes us a bit less than 40 minutes to walk around.
Last Sunday and today we upped the ante. We started running around the tan: a bit. We probably managed to run about half the distance: some running, some walking, broken into about ten stretches of about 200 metres of running.
Last Sunday (the first time we ran) it took 27 minutes. Today (aided, perhaps, by a bit of rain?) it took us 25 minutes and 55 seconds.
For the historical record, here's the GPS record of the run. My Blackberry's GPS seems to have gotten a little confused along Alexandra Avenue: it implies that we entered the Gardens, whilst we actually stuck to the Tan jogging track along the side of the Avenue. If you zoom in a little you can guess where we were running rather than walking: the blue track points are further apart whilst we ran. For example, most of the distance down Anderson Street (and about half of the rest of the circuit). One day I guess we'll be able to run the whole distance.
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Anthony Holmes July 4th, 2009 09:43:44 PM