Whoop!

"Slant6" (slant-6)
03/17/2016 at 09:30 • Filed to: None

Did the mile in 6:28! Now that might not sound that fast, but it’s great for me considering it’s been close to a year since my last high school track season ended.

I am currently a bloated version of my past self. I gained 35 pounds coming to college (scarcity of food around the house durning the summer off set my lack of exercise). Now I’m in a jogging and conditioning class, which I figure I’ll have to run if my grade depends on it.

I came in 3rd place in my class which is great considering how much extra weight I’m carrying and how much heart burn I’ve started to have. Also I’ve maintained my flexibility (highest in the class with 15 fitness grams on the sit and reach), and my muscular endurance (push up test, did 30 at a slow pace).

I’m still have a runner’s high, even thought I ran about an hour ago. It just feels so great to get back into it. Sorry if I sound like I’m bragging but I’m just so excited!

DISCUSSION (21)

OPPOsaurus WRX > Slant6
03/17/2016 at 09:39

thats a pretty good time. I’m stuck around 7:00

Slant6 > OPPOsaurus WRX
03/17/2016 at 09:43

I always feel bad saying that 6:28 is slow, but for me it is. It’s like a fall from grace. It feels so slow to me since I’ve done a 5:06 and I’ve been around people doing 4:20s.

But for most people it’s a good time. But it’s hard for me to adjust. I hate being a pretentious douche runner but it happens. Anything under 8 is really considered athletic though.

Guess I can’t be the pretentious douche runner until I get back into the 5s.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Slant6
03/17/2016 at 09:45

That’s crazy fast man, I’m normally happy sticking to a 10 minute pace.

I’ve cracked into the 7's once, but now I think I might be able to get to 8's if I pushed it.

I’m currently working on getting to a 5k under 30 minutes.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Slant6
03/17/2016 at 09:47

Did one in about 45 seconds this morning.

Slant6 > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
03/17/2016 at 09:50

I really do feel bad. As much as I want to deny it I did post this kinda fishing for compliments. Ugh.

I’ve been ruined by high school track and XC, where my flock of boys and I would run all afternoon and eat whole pizzas as a snack. I still eat whole pizzas but my boys have either graduated or are still on the team, 200 miles away. I’m used to competitive times, and recreational times just seem slow. I would have been C-team 3 if I was running 6:28.

I feel like a jerk. But I’m also proud of myself. And experiencing a natural high.

I’m kinda like Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite. “If coach had put me in we’d be the state champs”

OPPOsaurus WRX > Slant6
03/17/2016 at 09:51

I do 8's for 5k’s. By the end of the summer i’m down to about 7 (21:00 ish 5k)

Slant6 > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
03/17/2016 at 09:51

My truck fights me when I try to go 80.

Slant6 > OPPOsaurus WRX
03/17/2016 at 09:52

Are you on a team? 21 is pretty good.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Slant6
03/17/2016 at 09:55

no i’m past college and all that. I’ve just been doing it with my wife and some friends. I’ve gotten 24ish pushing my two kids in a stroller. there was one guy who did not want to be beat and I was able to sneak past him at the finish line. they take photos at the end and he looks pissed. The guy looked like a pro with thighs the size of my waist it was pretty funny.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Slant6
03/17/2016 at 10:04

Nah don’t feel bad, I only started running at about 25 (I’m 29) and do a few races a year. I do it to become less fat not competitive.

I feel the same way about swimming, I was once so damn fast I had D-1 scholarship offers (suck it Uncle Rico). I was only about 5 seconds off of a Michael Phelps 100m freestyle. 5 seconds would get me crushed in that level of swimming but would make anyone swimming recreationally look like a boat anchor lol.

I 100% get it.

Slant6 > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
03/17/2016 at 10:18

I was offered a running scholarship for McPherson College in Kansas, the one Jay Leno uses for automotive restoration. As much as I wanted to take it majoring in Automotive restoration would limit me to cars, and with Industrial Design I can do almost anything.

But it would have been cool running for a school. But NC>Kansas.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Slant6
03/17/2016 at 10:20

I had 50% off at Penn State, a good offer at UMass (Amherst main campus), and a full ride at a smaller school no one’s heard of lol.

I could’ve walked on at Michigan State where I ended up, but I have a bad knee that I’ve torn 3 times now. I picked the best education - MSU and took up Judo when I got there instead of swimming.

Slant6 > OPPOsaurus WRX
03/17/2016 at 10:21

I love some good fun competition. I liked high school track because there were people faster than me, people slower than me, and people at my pace. We all pushed each other and were able to have fun beating each other.

Among other things the team was also a Swedish car gang. So many Volvos and Saabs were thrashed through fields at team bonfires and so many state park dirt roads were rally courses.

Slant6 > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
03/17/2016 at 10:28

I got Michigan st. winning my bracket.

I have flat feet and have a weird twitch pain when I run. I can mostly ignore it, but I’ve had multiple stress fracturers.

I’m at Appalachian State right now. Only school in NC with Industrial Design that doesn’t require a portfolio for admission. I plan on transferring to NC State junior year and living with my parents back in Raleigh.

bob and john > Slant6
03/17/2016 at 10:29

its not a slow time. I was always more of a long distance guy then a sprinter (by long distance i mean like 3 miles at a time)

I should go to the gym and see what I can sent for the mile...

Slant6 > bob and john
03/17/2016 at 10:38

It’s slow for me, but overall pretty healthy. I was more XC than track back in high school. Was able to do a 18:07 5k junior year. That felt amazing. I had an 8 pack, friends and now I have neither.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > Slant6
03/17/2016 at 10:43

You did the mile in 6:38? Damn, your car is slow.

Slant6 > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
03/17/2016 at 10:57

Hey. 6:28.

And my cars aren’t much better.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Slant6
03/17/2016 at 11:04

O cool, App State is my favorite 1-AA football school.

I love that you guys beat UofM a few years back.

GO GREEN in regards to your bracket!

And, nothing wrong with a transfer, I feel like NC State is like the Michigan State of the south east. Everyone looks to UNC and ignores them no matter what they do, like people do with UM up here.

Slant6 > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
03/17/2016 at 11:25

We’re 1 A now. Won a bowl game.

Beating Michigan is the only thing anyone talks about around here.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Slant6
03/17/2016 at 11:37

Know how many batteries it takes to beat Michigan?

1-AA!

bwahahahaha, we’ve been telling that joke for years lol