Reddit mentions of Evolv Women's Elektra VTR Climbing Shoe,Violet,7 M US

First off, thank you for this amazing contest. I love that everyone will "win" by working toward their goals.

I practice at a martial arts school that requires a 15:30 two mile run to test for a black belt. I still have about two years until this day comes, but I would like to be prepared and ready ahead of time.

On January 15, I started off with a mile time of about 10:30. As of March 24, my mile time is about 8:52. My goal is to improve my mile time by at least 20 seconds in a month (down to 8:32). I have reached a plateau, and I really need to push myself to accomplish my goal. The final goal for this year is to reach a mile time of 7 minutes. The only plausible way to track my progress is simply to record the time it requires me to run a mile. I could try to measure the time it takes me for each lap, but my watch is sadly not made out for that (and holding a phone while jogging messes with my balance).

The Steps:

• Reduce Body Fat and Weight: I have been constantly skipping workouts and not controlling my diet properly. I have seen little to no changes in my body weight and percent body fat since I started in January. As of March 24, I weighed in at about 127 lbs with my percent body fat at 20% (both measured by electronic scale). I will attempt to lose one pound a week (down to about 123 lbs) and to reach a percent body fat of around 18%. Progress will be measured through scale readings and pictures.
  
  
• Jogging: Monday and Friday will be regular jogging days. Mondays will be days in which I see what progress I have made by running a mile as fast as I can, and jogging for the rest of the time I have until my martial arts class (usually ends up being 2 to 3 extra miles). Fridays will just be a long distance running day. No rests unless necessary, covering the most distance I can within an hour.
  
• Interval Training: I was given great advice on /r/running concerning working toward my goal through interval training. In the past, I haven't given it my all, so from this point forward, I truly will have to push myself to my limits instead of making of excuses as to why I need to stop. The track at my school gym requires 6.7 laps to complete a mile. Looking at my ultimate goal of a 7 minute mile, I will need to run each lap in about 1:02. Therefore, from the advice I received, I will attempt to run a lap within 1:02, walk/jog half a lap, attempt to run another lap within 1:02, walk/jog, etc. until I fail to run a lap within 1:02. Once this point is reached, I will run half a lap in 0:31, walk/jog quarter of a lap, and continue until I fail. I will attempt to run up to 2 miles with this pattern (or until I fail to run half a lap in 0:31), at which point I will just jog at an easy pace for the rest of the workout. Interval training will be done once a week on Wednesday.
  
  
• Insanity: I have previously had great results with Insanity. And the workouts that I have been skipping almost all of this year are Insanity workouts. Therefore, I have to step up my game. The Insanity workouts really help build leg muscles needed for speed, and Shaun T's yelling truly motivates me to push myself to healthy limits. Insanity workouts will be done Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday (if there are no pressing plans for the weekend).
  
  
• More Muscle: Martial arts and rock climbing will assist in increasing my muscle (and reducing my percent body fat). I have two martial arts classes every Monday and Wednesday. I have usually skipped one of them each week in the past, so I plan on sticking to the schedule and consistently going to both. And I have constantly skipped rock climbing due to the soreness it causes in my upper body over the weekend. However, with no belt tests coming up, I have no excuse to skip. Rock climbing will allow me to work the muscles in my upper body that I rarely work out.
  
  Cheerleaders:
  
  
• /u/mcpomaden, /u/Slizards, /u/chronos42; if you have been summoned, don't worry. I don't need too much cheerleading... Hopefully.
  
  As I get more into climbing, I could use some climbing shoes and a chalk bag.
  
  I do not use Amazon music, but the Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack is the best for when I need some inspiration.
  
  I will be back to edit this further.