Sometimes I run with the Chico Running club on Wednesday nights (sometimes actually meaning ... once. lol) and so I was put on the Wednesday night list of those to email about the 5K they put on for the No Boundaries 5K training class they held. I, being invited to a FREE 5K, of course said. "HELL YA! See you there suckers!" I'm bad I know. Most of these people didn't start running at all until 8 weeks ago and there I am all "i ran a half marathon 3 months ago" on them. Actually I said that in my head because I didn't want to say it and then do AWFUL and them wonder what the hell was wrong with me. Ya know.
My "in my head" goal was -30 minutes.... or 29minutes 59.9seconds. That was going faster than 10 minutes a mile with that extra little 0.1 mile in the 5K. I thought I started out too fast. 4 guys passed me right off the get go. A older lady (WAY OLDER THAN ME) and her teenage daughter passed me. A guy with his dog passed me then a gal with tunes in her ears passed me. I think that was it though. I think I came in 9th or 10th. (side note: when I told Sista about this she said, "out of 10 or 11?" Bitch. ) There were 30+ maybe even 50 people there. Hard to tell the watchers from the runners. There were 4 gals (the walking Divas) out there walking the distance. Anyway I started out a little too strong but stayed firm in my efforts. I was wondering at the bridge (a little more than half way) where the end was. This does not bode well for the half and full marathons I will be running (with apparently no tunes in my ears) in just a few months. I stayed at the pace til I hit the overpass on the way back as I ran under it I picked up the pace a bit. That 1/3 of a mile were killer on my lungs. When I crossed the Dam(n) Bridge at the creek I pushed it into high gear and finished strong. I was surprised by my numbers. I'm not sure what they showed but my watch showed 28:49. So a minute 10 less than I had hoped. I could have pushed harder but the first Official 5k is next weekend and I didn't want to hurt myself. lol
My "in my head" goal was -30 minutes.... or 29minutes 59.9seconds. That was going faster than 10 minutes a mile with that extra little 0.1 mile in the 5K. I thought I started out too fast. 4 guys passed me right off the get go. A older lady (WAY OLDER THAN ME) and her teenage daughter passed me. A guy with his dog passed me then a gal with tunes in her ears passed me. I think that was it though. I think I came in 9th or 10th. (side note: when I told Sista about this she said, "out of 10 or 11?" Bitch. ) There were 30+ maybe even 50 people there. Hard to tell the watchers from the runners. There were 4 gals (the walking Divas) out there walking the distance. Anyway I started out a little too strong but stayed firm in my efforts. I was wondering at the bridge (a little more than half way) where the end was. This does not bode well for the half and full marathons I will be running (with apparently no tunes in my ears) in just a few months. I stayed at the pace til I hit the overpass on the way back as I ran under it I picked up the pace a bit. That 1/3 of a mile were killer on my lungs. When I crossed the Dam(n) Bridge at the creek I pushed it into high gear and finished strong. I was surprised by my numbers. I'm not sure what they showed but my watch showed 28:49. So a minute 10 less than I had hoped. I could have pushed harder but the first Official 5k is next weekend and I didn't want to hurt myself. lol
2 comments:
I always feel like everyone is passing me at races. Sometimes I get so frustrated, but then I think that there are a lot more people who are just sitting on their couch doing nothin' so at least I'm in front of them. ha ha.
Congrats on meeting your time goal! And a free 5K, that's virtually unheard of where I am. I envy you!!
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