I don’t have many races on my calendar these days, I even missed the Soldier Field 10 Miler which is one of my favorites. Love the distance and the finish. I swear I signed up for it at the early bird discount rate, but seems I must have bailed on the registration process before completing it. So disappointing. I have a the Big Ten 10K in July, my official race plan starts next week. In the meantime I decided to take part in the Run for Boston 5K, the goal was for 100% of race entries to help the Who Says I Can’t Foundation and directly to support the rehabilitation of those who lost limbs as a result of the terrorist attack at the Boston Marathon.
I would have loved to have run in person, but it just wasn’t in the scheduled. I did the run local by myself. My plan was to re-run the route of the last 5K race I did in town, I would now the distance was correct and I could race to beat my time. I got a late start and I did not have time to bike over to the route so I checked one of my normal runs against Google Pedometer to figure out a 5K course to run. I am not sure how accurate the distance was so I decided to set the Nike app on my iPod to a 5K as a back. Of course, I have my Garmin as well, but I always give that distance the side-eye. My goal was still to beat my last 5K time. Though I was running alone I still had the race nerves and worries of reaching my goal.
It was a little drizzly and humid, but nothing too horrible. My course was way off, I must have create it wrong. The Nike and my Garmin were pretty darn close for the first half, then My Garmin seemed to jump ahead in distance. I gave the Nike app the benefit of the doubt, after remapping the actual course I ran it seems that the distance was right on (the Garmin was long). At any rate I bettered my time by 2 minutes which makes me feel more positive that in July I can break an hour for the 10K. The in-person Run for Boston 5K event looked like it was a success and lots of fun, hopefully next time.
No time for pictures, I ran in the door and right back out, I had a chocolate-chocolate chip pound cake and a 6 year-old to get to a cake walk!
What a nice thing to do. Great job on your time. 5Ks are tough for me. I feel like I’m out of breath the entire time! My Garmin has been acting up lately too. I only hope it is the cloudy weather interfering with the satellite. Good luck with your upcoming 10K. It’s your turn to break one hour. You got this!
Thank you for your support!