Sunday, January 22, 2012

week 3 run recap


Early crocuses peeking out from the lavender brush.


And speaking of peek, At the beginning of this week, I signed up for the Pike's Peek 10K on April 29th.  At baseline, I'm running a 15 minute mile (a little embarrassing yes, but I mentioned accountability - I'm going to be totally honest about all this!).  My goal is to run the race at a 12 minute mile.  I've done this or even better, but never for more than a distance of 4 miles (a 10K is 6.2 miles).  The website says that if you run at a 13 minute mile or slower, then at some point, they will need to re-open the street and make you move to the sidewalk.  Talk about embarrassing.  If I could just avoid being in that group, I'd be really pleased.  I think this race is a good goal to work towards.  We'll see how it goes!

My cold this week did not provide a good start as I did no running, unless you count running to Fuddrucker's for chili cheese fries.  :(


7 comments:

  1. It's alright... I guess you will look equally elegant running on the street or the sidewalk. Good Luck!!

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  2. Good luck! You can do it!
    I really fell off the bandwagon with my running. I was going good until the WIND never stopped blowing around here.

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  3. And I find any excuse nowadays to avoid it.

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  4. And I thought I had a worthy goal getting to the point where I can walk to the top of our hill without huffing and puffing (not there yet, but anticipating that "Rocky" moment).

    I haven't checked in for a while, because opening your blog kept timing out before it came up...glad I decided to try again today and find you as spunky as ever.

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  5. I'm wondering why crocuses are blooming in your colder zone, and they have no where to be seen in my zone 8 garden. Good luck with the 10K! You can do it!

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  6. I'm finally catching up to blog reading! I can't believe you already have crocus blooming! Wow. Lots of luck running!

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