I was a little worried about soreness because of how fast I ran and the amount of hills, but today I was just fine. I actually am kind of chomping at the bit to get back out there! Yet another sign of true addiction!
10K race vs 5K race:
I really enjoyed the 10K. At first while Amber and I were waiting, I'll admit, I was intimidated. The true runners were gathering -- you know the beautiful ones who can run in tiny shorts and sports bras. The men with long lean graceful gazelle like legs..... In other words, the people who look nothing like me! I began to worry. 5K is a great distance and now it feels like a familiar "easy" distance but it was nice not to have to dodge the stroller runners and kids!
What is my plan for the future?
The weather will be changing and not surprisingly the amount of 10K's and longer distance runs diminish because honestly who wants to plan to spend over an hour running in the cold? And for event planners the weather becomes dicier .. But there are lots of 5K's and runs around 5 miles for me to do so I plan on staying active for sure! I'm hoping to keep working on speed and set a goal of a 32 minute 5K time.
Upcoming potential races:
- End of October: Monster Dash 5K
- Nov 13th: 5 mile run
- Thanksgiving: some kind of 5K or walk
- New Years: Polar Dash (5K or 10K!!!)
- Valentines Day 5K
- Get Lucky 7K in March
Reviews of the training program I followed:
It was a pretty intense program involving 6 days of training a week. I was very gung-ho in the beginning and the discipline was good to get me going, but then inevitably life got in the way and I began to slack. But I was also burning out so I stepped back and began to run when I felt like it. Funny thing happened, I began to really enjoy it again! I still focused on going for 1 long run a week and getting out there 2-3 times a week total.
I did like that it focused on things like cross training and strength training.... Even if I totally half-ass'd the strength training. tee hee.
Plan for the week: short to medium length runs coupled with some sprints.
It feels great that I accomplished my goal and I'm spurred onward and excited to keep running!
congrats on the 10k!! you are awesome!!
ReplyDeletei'm just going to go ahead and add a 7. brewers racing sausages 5k tba but probably sometime in july 2011. there. :)
ooo! How I could I ever miss that! As long as its not on June 4th, I should be able to make it!
ReplyDeleteno worries, i'm like 99.999999(repeating)% sure it won't be June 4. :) this year (2010) it was late july...let's hope they don't majorly change things up!
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