Quote Originally Posted by Jolt View Post
I've been running more but not posting lately. Time to be more consistent with the running now that it's not winter anymore--I can tell that I have gotten a bit out of condition from not doing as much for a while. In other words, SLOW (not that I ever was a speed demon anyway). Today's run was a short one--just over two miles on trails, took 25 minutes (12-minute miles, and this was running the whole time with NO walking breaks). Yesterday I was out for about an hour but did stop and walk a few times. Is it normal to have such a hard time getting better than 10-minute miles?
I can only speak for myself and I am by no means an expeert, but it took me a couple of seasons of consistent running and focused training to get under the 10 min mark. I was probably running 10+ mm when I first started a few years ago, now my "normal" pace is sub 9.

I never did any track work, but I did do tempo runs and intervals. It does work, and I think being consistent in your running is very important. I doubt that I will ever run the big mileage as some of the women on this board, but I have gotten faster and much, much stronger.

You can do it!!!!!!