It was a
perfect day for a 5K. It was 40 degrees at the start, no wind, no snow, no
rain. It was amazing. I was a bit cold at the start waiting around but once I
got started I, of course, got HOT. One thing I learned today was that running
vests are annoying to run with when you get hot and you have to care them
because there are no sleeves to wrap around your waist. Duh!
This year the
race was at Lake Nokomis instead of Lake Harriet. This is awesome because I
love Lake Nokomis, I lived near there for a year and went swimming in the lake
and rollerbladed around it many times. Last summer, between work and Twins
games, we would go running around the lake. So I know this place and it isn’t
hilly like Lake Harriet. I was very optimistic.
The first mile
went well. I thought for sure I was going to break my slow 5K streak. I was
feeling great and mile one came in at 12:30. I did the math and thought I got
this. Well that came to a screeching halt during mile 2. I started needing
walking breaks it was very frustrating. My time plummeted even though I tried
to run faster. Mile 2 was 12:59. I was happy that it was still under 13 minutes
but it wasn’t pretty. Mile 3 was a complete disaster. I was reading somebody’s
shirt and miss stepped in a pothole. Rolled my damn ankle. DAMMIT! I walked it off and started running again. It
was really a struggle. I saw the finish in sight and tried to “sprint” to the
finish. And my pace does reflect that I did well running the last part of the
race. Mile 3 was 13:37 but my pace for the sprint in was under 11:00…lately
that is fast for me. Overall it was ok. My time was 40:31…so I beat 41 minutes…so
yay I guess?
I followed
that up with an 8 mile long run in preparation for my next half marathon…in 22
days.
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