January 31, 2014-Community Run

On Friday January 31, 2014, we did the Community Run and my main focus for the gym block was to make sure I had a good pace throughout the whole run. In Grade 8 I always used to sprint in the beginning and then ten minutes after, I would have no energy left and I would slow down. This year, I learned that you can't waste all of your energy in the beginning; you have to learn how to balance it and spread your energy throughout the whole distance that you are running. I started the run with my friend who seemed to be as physically fit as I was. I ran with her in the beginning but then I had to leave her and run by myself because she was getting tired faster and needed more walking breaks than I did. Everyone has there own pace and I learned that my pace was different from hers. I finished the run in 24 minutes but next time I will try to get 20 minutes. After I left my friend, I increased my jogging speed and I was breathing more heavily. My heart rate increased because near the end I mainly jogged and didn't take very many walking breaks since I was going at my own pace. I'm glad that I didn't sprint in the beginning because then it would of been difficult for me to finish the run. Instead I gained more speed toward the end when I left my friend. So the beginning was more of a build up to what was going to happen near the end of the run. I was saving my efforts until the end instead of getting burnt out in the first 10 minutes. Whenever my friend and I needed a break, I counted for a maximum of 10 seconds before I was the first one to start jogging again. This showed her to keep on pushing herself even if you want to stop. Overall, you can count on me to improve my time the next time we do the Community Run!