The olympic-length triathlon training plan I've selected specifies that you should be able to run at least 20 minutes continuously before you begin, and the first run workout is 30 minutes long. Before today, almost all of my exercise carrying my bike involved walking, and the farthest I had run was 1 mile. I decided today that I was going to go out, carrying my bike, and move for 30 minutes, with as much of it as possible being running.
1 mile in (which took just over ten minutes), I decided that the coincidence of speed and length was too good, and that I would keep going for 3.1 miles (the length of a sprint triathlon run) if I could. And I did; I successfully ran the entire length without walking at all. I'm not even upset with myself anymore for not stretching this morning. I feel like I could have kept going a substantial distance. Sure, 10-plus minutes per mile isn't super speedy. But carrying 30 pounds of steel? I'll take it. And I'll improve as time goes on. I'm also very pleased with how well the bike stayed in place with the new lashing method.
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