Well, we decided shortly after our first registration that maybe we should test the waters: run a 5k prior to January's race. And today, we completed our first 5k. We both set individual goals (Adam to take a few minutes off of his normal pace where as mine was to simply finish in a decent time) and did a pretty good job fulfilling those goals. The course, however, was not a nice beginner course. We started in front of a Chik-Fil-A, which does not smell good at 8 am when trying to run, and continued on around streets filled with businesses, hotels, and hills. Who thought that was a good idea, huh!? Neither one of us has done much hill training recently, so the course was much harder to run than our standard runs. Plus, there were 2 turn arounds - a pretty boring run.
But, we both finished. Adam finished about 2 minutes before me, and I had about as good a time as I possibly could have without any real speed or interval training in several years. I used my phone's gps to track and my average miles were around 10:30, but my 1st mile was 10:05.. including the shuffling to actually start, so I'm awaiting my "official" time- but the clock read 32:11 when I crossed that finish line. Definitely not great, but it gives me somewhere to start. My next 5k goal (who knows when that will be) is to finish under 30. I think that should be doable!
5k aside, the only race we have on the schedule is that pesky half marathon. I'd do anything for a trip to WDW, wouldn't I? oy vey...
Thanks for stopping by!
~Jenn
***Update: Official run time (chip time) 31:53.. I'll take it!***
***Update: Official run time (chip time) 31:53.. I'll take it!***
Did Noah run with you guys?
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No Noah.. I'll do short, slow runs with the stroller, but I'm not a huge fan of going more than 2 miles with that thing!
ReplyDeleteAwesome!!! You are totally my inspiration for after our baby comes--you are a rock star!
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