As a teenager I spent every spring running around oval tracks throughout Western Washington. Road running has been good for building strength and endurance for me; however, getting back on the track has been invigorating for me. Sometimes it feels like I’m stepping back into time to familiar surroundings (especially since the tracks I’m running on are the tracks that I ran on in Jr. High and High School). I love the feel of the track on my legs instead of the asphalt and concrete of running on the road.
What is encouraging is that my times are starting to improve. I dropped 20 seconds from my mile time that I clocked just a week ago. I’m getting the speed down and improving. Now, I just need to work on building my endurance more. It also helps that I keep losing the extra weight. I’m down 25 pounds since September.