Lunar Rendezvous 5k

I am afraid I may be getting addicted to running, at least short distance events. My chip time was 40:16 which was my goal, and even better, my pace was 12:58! I looked back at my times on other events and I was always at 14+/min mile. I did what I planned to do in my last post, and it paid off! But I need to keep training and learn to just run steady instead of trying to get ahead and wearing myself out. The fastest person in my age group did a 10 minute mile.

I am going to do another 5k in August, the tough 10k over the Kemah bridge in September, a 5 k in October, then a women only 1/2 marathon in December. So I am going to keep running in the mornings, with Sunday being my rest day.

And it rained today, finally! It was nice and misty after the run, then steady for a couple of hours. Yay.

Independence Day

I got up, with Johnny, at 5:30 am to be a part of the 22nd annual Baytown Bud Heatwave, a 5 mile run. Which I walked, mostly, but did more running than I expected. I didn't train for this, I did that 10k 3 weeks ago and I go up and down stairs at work. It was hot, it was work, and it was exhilarating. I finished in 1 hour and 11 minutes, clock time. I was last in my age group out of 8 or 9. But I didn't finish last, and I beat Johnny by about 4 minutes, much to his chagrin. :) So I was thinking, if I really trained, I could do much better. Well, I am going to sign up for a 5k in Clear Lake on July 16th, which now feels like a short race, since I have done 10k's and 2 half marathons in the last few years. I did a couple of 5k's 8 or 9 years ago and it took 45 minutes. I am going to get up early and run around the neighborhood, which is 3/4 of a mile, every morning until then. Or almost every morning. I am going to change my habits and set this goal. It is good for me to be a part of this and great for my aging body. There was a 76 yo lady there---I want to be that kind of person!

ho hum

Life goes on. Is my life boring, routine, nothing to speak of? Or are there things I would just rather not write about? Hmmm.