Another Chronicle 5K
My legs are sore from running over the weekend. I usually walk funny, but today, I'm walking funnier than usual. The wincing and sporadic yelps work nicely with my slow, ginger footsteps. Sitting doesn't help the situation, but stretching in my cubicle does. I'll take strange looks from coworkers over increasingly stiff muscles any day.
Yesterday, for the second year in a row, I ran the 5K event of the Chronicle Marathon. It was my first race of 2004 and the first one in eight months. For those keeping track at home, my last race was Run to the Far Side. Based on a doctor's recommendation, I had been giving my foot a rest from running... for the most part. Every now and then, I would sneak in a couple of miles on the treadmill or track. It's hard to sit still or take a break from an activity you love.
Of course, running "every now and then" doesn't improve one's time, which is my excuse for logging a dismal 26:31, a minute longer than last year. If I look at the time with a clear head and healthy attitude, it's decent, but from a personal perspective, it sucks. I've been faster in the past and will be faster again. I have to take this dissatisfaction and transform it into sustained motivation. Fifty-five days remain until the next race. Achy legs mean I haven't been running enough. It's time to rest less, run more and run faster.
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Dismal? I'm do about an 10-11 minute mile pace.
But then again, I suck.
I expected myself to run faster than I did, so the result was dismal comparatively speaking. Then again, my expectations weren't very realistic ones. I'd like to chop a minute off of my pace before the next race. A 10-11 minute pace would have placed you right in the middle range of Sunday's runners. Not bad at all. :)
How much money do you have to raise?
I don't think there's any set limit like for Team in Training. If you want to participate in the pledge program, you raise as much as you can and choose which cause you wish to benefit.