I’m not a 5K runner. \u00a0Mostly because I’m not fast, and I often hate the first mile of every run. \u00a0That means that with a 5K, I hate a third of the race. \u00a0But I couldn’t pass up this race. \u00a0The starting line was only a few blocks away from my apartment. \u00a0Initially, I had planned to run\/walk this race with friends. \u00a0 A lot of my local friends comment about how they want to run, but struggle to get into it. \u00a0Others have raced before, but have kind of given up the sport. \u00a0So I thought this was a great chance to get everyone into running! \u00a0We could sign up and run\/walk the race together.<\/p>\n
One friend who I thought would commit was out of town. Forgiven. \u00a0Another signed up and then ended up out of town. Forgiven. \u00a0The others? \u00a0Who knows. \u00a0So that meant it was just me.<\/p>\n
Really, it was a well-timed race. \u00a0I ran a 10 miler last weekend and am running another one next weekend, so I wasn’t really sure what sort of workout to do this weekend. \u00a0A 5K race seemed as good an idea as any. \u00a0And hey, a girl can always use another t-shirt. \u00a0Especially an organic cotton one.<\/p>\n
This course was surprisingly hilly, but also nice. \u00a0It ran partway along a trail that I didn’t realize existed. \u00a0Terrible of me, given just how close it is to my apartment. \u00a0I may have to check it out again sometime. \u00a0I knew during the first mile that this was going to be a tough race. \u00a0It was an out and back and the first mile was very much downhill. \u00a0Which meant that the last mile was very much uphill.<\/p>\n
Great race support. \u00a0Tons of volunteers dancing and cheering people on. \u00a0They seemed to be enjoying themselves much more than the runners. \u00a0Or maybe they were just trying to keep moving because of how cold it was. \u00a0When I left my apartment, it was 39 degrees out! \u00a0Not bad running weather, but I was definitely cold afterwards.<\/p>\n
I really didn’t worry too much about time on this one. \u00a0Someday, I want to do a 5K in under 30 minutes, but that’s not going to happen anytime soon and I’m okay with that. \u00a0I finished in 32:34, only 30 seconds off my PR from a few years back. \u00a0And much better than the 5K I ran last summer with my old roommate where we ran slow and I felt gross afterwards.<\/p>\n
I have to admit, when I saw that one of the race sponsors was Whole Foods, I was excited. \u00a0That had to mean tasty post-race food, right? \u00a0I mean, let’s be honest. \u00a0We run to eat. \u00a0And I was right. \u00a0Post race, we had water and \u00a0bananas and Clif Bars and HonestTea and VitaCoco (their van is adorable!). \u00a0Run to eat, baby, run to eat.<\/p>\n
And then I went to Whole Foods and got breakfast, loitered in Borders for an hour or so reading triathlon books, then went and picked up my race packet for next week’s race. \u00a0April is a crazy month for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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