The Few, The Proud...The Tested!
Greetings,
"The Big 1" was a race worth trying to do, as I did not really know what to expect from it. Would a lot of people get together to each independently run their own set distance, and see how they'd do against others?
Well, 4 of us out there did.
Here are the results, overall:
Adam Rodahl, 20-M, Grand Forks, ND: 5:49
Rick Karboviak, 31-M, Finley, ND: 6:12
Anna Papij, 27-F,Victoria, Australia: 7:34
Kari Bryant, 35-F, Fargo, ND: 8:05
I guess you could also say we each took our age category, too.
Nonetheless, I suppose after starting this blog at the start of the new year, I would need some more time to promote such an event in the future and more avenues to do it with, if I were to expect a huge turnout in the hundreds.
I know I met a lot of resistance on a running magazine forum's message board regarding this event, as I wasn't really doing "a full mile" with the 1600m time. I tried to support my idea by saying that in our American society, we generally refer to the 1600m race as 'the Mile' because its the closest distance on the track to a full mile. Likewise, we also call the 800 the 'half', the 3200m race the '2 Mile', and the 400 is considered "The Quarter".
I chose the 1600m distance because in most indoor tracks and on an outdoor track, a 1600m trial can be done safely & with no on-coming traffic concerns whatsoever. They are flat (no hills/slopes to contend with), meaning that if one was to do a mile race on the road, it is hard to compare distances & times because the terrain could be very, very different between 2 sites. If you stick to a track, its hard to go wrong in testing yourself. Plus, it makes the test a repeatable standard.
I have also seen a track, either indoor or outdoor, being used as a standard for fitness testing at the high school, college, & even police/military fitness standardized testing.
So, I don't see what the big deal really was about asking people to run a race, for free, in order to use it as a fitness test for themselves.
It was the entire intent of the race to help build & bond a true "1-Mile Nation" of runners through an event such as this.
I won't go into this any longer about the nitpicky details of the race. The bottom line is that it was set up to do, it is now done, and now 1MileNation.com must look ahead to bigger things to grow into: which means, improving upon one's time in such a distance. It's pretty simple: I want to improve my fitness for this distance.
For my personal goals, I first want to get my own mile time down to under 5:00. I'm currently at 6:12 for my test, done in 37 degree temps on a Saturday night at 7:15pm. I think with warmer weather approaching and more ideal running conditions, I can really crank up my fitness levels if I train specifically for such a goal. I want to get this goal by July 5th, giving myself a new mantra of "75 by 7/5", meaning I need a 75 second pace for my 400m times during a mile trial.
In further searching on the internet, I thought of the Prairie Rose State Games, which is the premier amateur sports 'olympics' of North Dakota. It's held in Grand Forks, ND this year, just an hour away from me. Their track day for the 1600m, 800m, and even 400m is on July 11th. So, I am now going to enter myself into 3 events for that day, choosing those 3 races to do. There is probably going to be a lot of time in-between those races, so why not test myself all day & see where I compete at the state level for my age group? This has really got me curious as to what I'll be going up against. Most of all, I go up against myself, first & foremost. I got about 12 weeks to train for this big event, and through 1MileNation.com, I'll keep you posted on it with showcasing my personal workouts now & then, and where I'll be at along the way.
Also, I have a big project still in the works that is something which could really grow the 1-Mile Nation by storm in the future. I have a lot of work ahead of me before I launch that project, however. It involves this, if you want a clue: http://kettlebolics.com So, stay tuned on that.
Here's the workout I did this evening on the track:
Warm-Up with the Stick device, 4-5 minutes
Jog to the track: took about 2 minutes
Workout:
Jog 100m, Race-Pace 100m (about 20-21 seconds for me)
Jog 100m, RP 100m
Jog 200m, RP 200m (got 40 sec on this trial)
Jog 400m, RP 400m (got 80 sec on this trial)
Jog 100m, RP 100m
Jog 100m, RP 100m
Walk 100m, Jog 100m, RP 200m (41 sec)
Walk over to City Park's hill, covered that in 10-11 sec, twice, with walk recovery in-between.
Walked home for recovery.
All in all, it was just around 20 minutes for me to get all that in, from the jog to the track, the workout itself, and the walk back.
Total distance of walking, jog & run intervals: a bit over 2 miles.
Run Strong, Run Fast...
Run So As To Win!
Coach Rick Karboviak
http://1MileNation.com
"The Big 1" was a race worth trying to do, as I did not really know what to expect from it. Would a lot of people get together to each independently run their own set distance, and see how they'd do against others?
Well, 4 of us out there did.
Here are the results, overall:
Adam Rodahl, 20-M, Grand Forks, ND: 5:49
Rick Karboviak, 31-M, Finley, ND: 6:12
Anna Papij, 27-F,Victoria, Australia: 7:34
Kari Bryant, 35-F, Fargo, ND: 8:05
I guess you could also say we each took our age category, too.
Nonetheless, I suppose after starting this blog at the start of the new year, I would need some more time to promote such an event in the future and more avenues to do it with, if I were to expect a huge turnout in the hundreds.
I know I met a lot of resistance on a running magazine forum's message board regarding this event, as I wasn't really doing "a full mile" with the 1600m time. I tried to support my idea by saying that in our American society, we generally refer to the 1600m race as 'the Mile' because its the closest distance on the track to a full mile. Likewise, we also call the 800 the 'half', the 3200m race the '2 Mile', and the 400 is considered "The Quarter".
I chose the 1600m distance because in most indoor tracks and on an outdoor track, a 1600m trial can be done safely & with no on-coming traffic concerns whatsoever. They are flat (no hills/slopes to contend with), meaning that if one was to do a mile race on the road, it is hard to compare distances & times because the terrain could be very, very different between 2 sites. If you stick to a track, its hard to go wrong in testing yourself. Plus, it makes the test a repeatable standard.
I have also seen a track, either indoor or outdoor, being used as a standard for fitness testing at the high school, college, & even police/military fitness standardized testing.
So, I don't see what the big deal really was about asking people to run a race, for free, in order to use it as a fitness test for themselves.
It was the entire intent of the race to help build & bond a true "1-Mile Nation" of runners through an event such as this.
I won't go into this any longer about the nitpicky details of the race. The bottom line is that it was set up to do, it is now done, and now 1MileNation.com must look ahead to bigger things to grow into: which means, improving upon one's time in such a distance. It's pretty simple: I want to improve my fitness for this distance.
For my personal goals, I first want to get my own mile time down to under 5:00. I'm currently at 6:12 for my test, done in 37 degree temps on a Saturday night at 7:15pm. I think with warmer weather approaching and more ideal running conditions, I can really crank up my fitness levels if I train specifically for such a goal. I want to get this goal by July 5th, giving myself a new mantra of "75 by 7/5", meaning I need a 75 second pace for my 400m times during a mile trial.
In further searching on the internet, I thought of the Prairie Rose State Games, which is the premier amateur sports 'olympics' of North Dakota. It's held in Grand Forks, ND this year, just an hour away from me. Their track day for the 1600m, 800m, and even 400m is on July 11th. So, I am now going to enter myself into 3 events for that day, choosing those 3 races to do. There is probably going to be a lot of time in-between those races, so why not test myself all day & see where I compete at the state level for my age group? This has really got me curious as to what I'll be going up against. Most of all, I go up against myself, first & foremost. I got about 12 weeks to train for this big event, and through 1MileNation.com, I'll keep you posted on it with showcasing my personal workouts now & then, and where I'll be at along the way.
Also, I have a big project still in the works that is something which could really grow the 1-Mile Nation by storm in the future. I have a lot of work ahead of me before I launch that project, however. It involves this, if you want a clue: http://kettlebolics.com So, stay tuned on that.
Here's the workout I did this evening on the track:
Warm-Up with the Stick device, 4-5 minutes
Jog to the track: took about 2 minutes
Workout:
Jog 100m, Race-Pace 100m (about 20-21 seconds for me)
Jog 100m, RP 100m
Jog 200m, RP 200m (got 40 sec on this trial)
Jog 400m, RP 400m (got 80 sec on this trial)
Jog 100m, RP 100m
Jog 100m, RP 100m
Walk 100m, Jog 100m, RP 200m (41 sec)
Walk over to City Park's hill, covered that in 10-11 sec, twice, with walk recovery in-between.
Walked home for recovery.
All in all, it was just around 20 minutes for me to get all that in, from the jog to the track, the workout itself, and the walk back.
Total distance of walking, jog & run intervals: a bit over 2 miles.
Run Strong, Run Fast...
Run So As To Win!
Coach Rick Karboviak
http://1MileNation.com
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