Saturday, April 21, 2012

Oh, by the way, I'm racing!

I've been a bit quiet on my blog lately, so I don't know if I actually mentioned the fact that I'm racing today!

Although I wasn't planning on doing running races once my half ironman plan was in full swing, when an inexpensive 5K came up, I took the chance to set a new personal best.

It's been over a year since my last 5K, which was a frustrating experience.  Truthfully, the frustration was brought on largely by my inexperience and bad pacing.  That race did teach me a lot though.  It was a good lesson in letting go of things out of my control.

In that race, I really wanted to beat 30 minutes, and I sort of did it, crossing the finish line in 29:58.  But, it was a significantly short course.  Although my ability to run a sub-30 5K may have been there on that day, my execution did not earn it.  I've never been able to shake the feeling that my 5K personal best has a "but" attached to it.

So, today, I set a new one.

I say that with confidence, because barring a significant obstacle, I am now very comfortably capable of running a sub-30 5K.

Comfortable?  Hmm, doesn't seem like much of a challenge, hey?

So, instead, my goal today is not to beat my personal best.  It's to crush it.

See you all once I've done just that!

Requisite race day picture!

8 comments:

  1. Good luck! I know you'll totally kill it!!

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  2. Good luck! Maybe one day I'll be able to comfortably run a sub-30 5k - comfortable sounds good to me!

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  3. Good luck! Can't wait to read about your PR!

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  4. I'd really like to get under 30 min sometime in the next year. I'm looking forward to hearing about this race! CRUSH IT!! Love it!

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  5. I hope you had a fabulous race! Can't wait to read all about it.

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  6. And I heard you did really good! Congrats on a great time.

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