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Here's how my week went:
Monday- 3mi 28:22
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| Pretty cool we show up in the same colors and the same headband without planning it!! |
Saturday- 3.10(5k race) 25:19 *NEW PR*
Sunday- 6mi 56:27
On Monday and Wednesday Sheri and I decided to put in a couple of practice runs on the course for the 5k. It is a fast course and its where I got my PR for last year, I love this course! Wednesday our husbands ran with us, always nice to share some quality time with spouse and friends while running :) Sheri's husband has just recently started running (again I think he used to in the past) and on this night he finished in way under 30 minutes~ HOORAY MIAH!!!! :)
Saturday was suppose to be my first race in my new age group (35 - 39), this made me nervous. With such a fast course I really wanted to do great but at the same time I am not used to looking for and watching the times for the new age group which meant they could be really really fast.
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| Shalan #72, Me #44 and Sheri #36 The beginning is a little zig zaggy, it goes around a small curve a little straight stretch then a 90 degree right turn into a straight which leads you into the main route. When we hit the straight Sheri being awesome like she is yelled out "7:30, 7:30" and I knew yep lady you better slow yourself down a tad or you are going to wear down, Thank You Sheri :) My plan was to stay with Sheri, she does a great job at starting out right and picking it up when needed, a wonderful pacer! There is only one little hill in which I took it a little easy on which gave Sheri a lead that I used to keep me going. At the end you have to make a lap around a track, there was one man in between us and I decided I was NOT going to let him finish in the middle of us! So I waited for just the right time and gave it all I had and chicked him!! Then I saw the time clock and said out loud "Heck ya!" I just got a new 5k PR of 25:19!!!!!!(previous 25:31) Then it came time for awards and it was announced that the age groups were off by a year, I couldn't really hear everything that was said but then people we knew started getting awards in groups that was shocking and we was confused! My age group ended up being 31 - 35 which basically put me with the same people I have been with minus Sheri (she's 30). I took 2nd and was Happy with it! (even though I would have had 1st if it was normal age groups!) Sunday morning we FINALLY was able to get up and do a longer run of 6 miles. We have decided to start doing long runs on the upcoming 15k course, it is very gently rolling. I was really surprised but I was able to keep up pretty well and hold a 9:25 ish pace the entire time. It feels so wonderful to get back into a running routine! I hope I can keep these Happy Runner feelings I have had the last couple of weeks! |
4 comments:
Sounds like a great week of running. Congrats on your 2nd AG.
My running friend and I almost always end up in the same gear/colours without even trying. Great minds think alike and run alike.
Awesome awesome awesome!!! Congrats!!!
we went and did a practice run on the course tuesday night! guess we were thinking the same thing!
congrats on your PR!!
Congrats on the PR AND on the 2nd in your AG! And I guess it kinda was a new age group, too- or at least different. That happened to me at a 5k in June that I set my PR at. I would have won the 40-44 AG, but ended up 2nd because the AG was 36-40 (nice medal, but missed the $20 GC to a local brew pub...).
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