5, 11, 5

I was able to get out Thursday for 5. It did not feel really good, but I got it in. Saturday was kind of an adventure. Headed out for a 13 mile run that turned out to be a different day all together.

About a mile in, I noticed pylons set up and thought there might be a race going on. After seeing some people setting up water stations, I figured it must be some sort of race. I figured it probably started at 9 and that I would have just missed the start. As I was continuing around my first 3 mile loop though, I saw more and more cones as well as chalk directions pointing. So I thought I would run home....grab a check...and try to find the start.

After I went back outside, I headed towards the high school, thinking that must be the start...it wasn't....then I went to the jr. high....it wasn't the start either. I zig-zagged a bit and came across a guy in a truck at one of the water tables I had seen awhile before. I asked him if it was a 5K....he said it was....so I followed the cones all the way back around and on to campus. By the time I found the registration desk, the Garmin said I ran 7.22 miles.

I registered and then found the group of runners. We started kind of unceremoniously...it was more of a MS-Walk than a 5K...there was no official time or anything. It was fine, because I really just wanted to see what I could demand out of my legs when I was tired.

My Garmin, really let me down. It said it lost the signal inside...but when I went outside...it picked it back up....or so I thought. About a quarter mile in a noticed that it was only tracking time...so I reset it which seemed to take forever as I ran. So I really have no clue as to my time.

It felt good to get out and race...I passed quite a few runners and was never passed. After the race I headed home. The legs didn't feel great...but I was ecstatic about how they gave me what I wanted.

I got out for a 5 mile run this morning. It was a good run, even though I did not have time to do yoga today. My time was 46 minutes and 19 seconds, or 9 min and 15 second miles. I have 10 miles up tomorrow...I am nervous....but a little hopeful as well.....

Sorry I have been bad about updating...I am hoping to be better...thanks for reading!