Learning to pace

 (A very unflattering picture after I had finished running)

Last Friday when Ms.Miles was talking about pacing I realized something I didn't know how to or what pacing was and by extension I couldn't run efficiently. I'm used to running as fast as I can and running well for a little bit but I'd soon get too tired and stop for a breather. By the end of (For example) the community run I usually take anywhere between 4-9 breaks and I didn't like that because it made my time on the run longer. Before we did the 30 minute run on Friday I was told that to get to my goal of 6 I had to run 5 minute laps. My first lap ended up being a four minute and thirty second one and after that I had to stop. Once I slowed down to 5 minute long laps I didn't take nearly as many stops as I had on previous 30 minute runs and I reached my goal. I think that if I learn how to properly pace I can reach one of the goals that I had at the beginning of the year which was to be able to run for longer without any breaks.