Read to Run 5K
Got up this morning expecting rain, but it had passed through during the night – yay! I didn’t really want to race in the rain (that is not so fun).
Fueled up with my standard prerace meal – a 1 minute muffin (although 1 time I did oatbran):
Ingredients:
1/4 cup ground flax meal
1 egg
1 tsp brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp baking powder
Mix together and put in a silicon muffin cup and microwave for 45 seconds or so. I normally do this with pumpkin, but I didn’t want to open a can to take out 1 tablespoon, so I just left it out. It made it a little dry, but I spread it with fig almond jam and it was tasty.
We did the Read Run 5K to benefit literacy, always a good cause. My sister met us there, but my neice decided against the race, since she did 2 last weekend.
John kept up with me for the first 2 miles, then I did an assessment on how I felt and decided to push faster (sorry John!). My goal was to finish in under 3o minutes – which I did (barely!). My time was 29:52, or approximately a 9:37 mile. I was pretty happy with that, although not quite as good as my last race time. Both my sister and John had new PRs for themselves, so it was a good day over all.
Here is Colleen and I enjoyed some well-deserved java after the race, although I didn’t get my bagel because they only had onion or everything ones – ick!!
Then I had to come home and work 8 hours after the race! Oh well, gotta earn the $$, right?
Tomorrow starts NROLW stage 2 – I’m glad to get back to lifting!
[...] Original post by Lori [...]
Congrats – what an awesome time!!
What a fantastic time to race in!!! Finishing in under 30min is a complete dream of mine!!! GREAT JOB!
Congrats!!! Under 30min is awesome!! Love how you just casually run 5k’s before your work day
Congrats to John and your sister too – you guys are so cute!!
Brava! Great time – I don’t know that I will ever get that fast. Good for you.
YaY! good for you!
Love the pic! You did it! Thats my goal i hope to hit during a 5k in the fall. Under 30 min. Seems like so many runners i follow have been doing 5ks lately. I’ve had to work every single Saturday lately and when i am off a Saturday ….no runs…..bummer. Even then you would not believe how hot it is here. Saturday we hit 108! Yesterday 104. Its just nuts. Thurs and Fri was 107. I work outside in a garden center. I do a lot of watering the plants and its like a losing battle. Ofcourse this has been a bad summer for heat so far and its just June. We could use a little rain but everything keeps going around us.
Been tied to the treadmill after work. Not much i can do about it. I’ll bet its gonna kill me to get back out on the road when i do. I’m off Wednesday and i’d love to get up early before the sun and run on the road. I don’t get that opportunity when i work cause i have to be at work by 5am. We’ll see, usually the need for sleep overrides my plans. LOL! Jinx!
YAY BACK TO LIFTING!!
**cue confetti shaped like dumbbells**
and congrats on the race as well.
Some day for me. Some day.
Congrats on the race, gonna do some lifting myself this week!