Today I ran the Labor Day 1/2 Marathon after having only trained for 5 weeks since my sprint distance Triathlon. I set a PR at 2:13:01 - a hair over a consistent 10 minute mile pace. My neighbor ran it also, this being her first ever 1/2 Marathon, and beat me by 5 minutes. My friend Jessica also ran (she's training for the NY Marathon) and ran it in 1:40 or so. She was at the finish line to cheer me on to the end, but her comment after I was done was "Ann, you shuffle!"
I will admit that I have known I'm a "shuffler" if you will, but it had never crossed my mind that I could change that. I started Googling "shuffling" and found out that many Ultra-marathoners use that method due to the fact that it is very efficient in conserving energy. That makes sense if you're running 50+ miles, but my problem is that I shuffle even when running a 5k. Argh.
Time for more research to see if strength training, speed work, yoga, anything really, will help lengthen my gait and make me a faster yet still efficient runner. The problem being that despite my shuffling, I'm still sore like you would not believe, and SUPER tired...
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