I left work yesterday totally realizing I needed to prepare for my physical test. Last year, when I took the same test, I took it cold. I realized I was out of shape, but I needed to pass the test to get my R-7 upgrade. I was motivated. When I actually took the test, I was hit with a ton of bricks! I had done very little running outside, especially on a track. So, needless to say, the actual test was a bit of a shocker for me, even though I passed.
Rather than run on the treadmill, I decided to head up to the local high school and run on the track. Brilliant!! No, seriously, this was a brilliant decision, if I do say so myself. I needed to see what the pace would need to be to pass my test. Let's see. 2000 meters. 5 laps. 12 minutes. That comes to 00:02:24 per lap. I did my six minutes of warm up. Lined up on the starting line and took off. Here are the times on my laps:
1: 2:10 seconds
2. 2:24 seconds
3: 2:54 seconds
4: 2:26 seconds
5: 2:51 seconds
Three more laps around the track. All in all, 10 laps, 4000 meters, 2.5 miles. If you add all the times up, you'll see I did the test in 12:48 seconds. That's only 48 seconds off of a passing score. When I arrived at the track, I had intended to do it in 15 minutes. I didn't want to push myself too hard before the actual run on Saturday. But, it didn't work out that way. I needed to know if I even had a chance. Now, I'm sure I do. It was like 90 degrees, humid, and I was dying on laps 3 and 5. Saturday's run is seven o'clock in the morning. The air should be cooler and the humidity should be a little lower. All body parts check out fine. Right hip a little sore. Right achilles tendon a little sore. But all in all, I'm ready.
Please note the new tables on the right of my blog. I have identified the 5K I'm gonna run in September. If my kid's soccer schedule conflicts, then there is another one the weekend after that. I'm excited and looking forward to it.
Waddle on!
Wes
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