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This is old news, but it got me thinking. Justin Gatlin broke the 100-meter world record. His time was 9.76 seconds. The previous time was 9.77 seconds.
That’s .01 of a second: one-hundreth of a second. What can you do in one-hundreth of a second? Break a record in track and field, I guess.
Today I run the Salt Lake City 5K. I haven’t been training for it. I haven’t even been running regularly. I’ve been slacking more than I want to admit. It’s not like I’m cross-training and riding my bike or swimming to protect my joints. I haven’t been exercising more than once a week, period.
So, I’m not expecting much from this race. My personal record (PR) is 34:15 minutes. This is not an amazing time. I haven’t quite got to the point were I’m actually competing in a race with anyone except myself. The Laura Moncur from 2004 trained a lot more for this race than I have, but something inside still hopes I kick her butt. I weigh less than the Laura Moncur from 2004. I regularly run faster. Somehow, I am still holding hope that I’ll beat that Laura Moncur from two years ago, even if it’s just by .01 of a second.
Wish me luck!
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June 3rd, 2006 at 6:16 am
34:15 minutes is mostly better than I can do.
June 3rd, 2006 at 10:01 am
.01 of a second is so important that because of a “rounding error” Gatlin actually ran the race in 9.77 seconds, not 9.76, so he tied the 100 meter record.