Tag: 5k

Healthy Hearts 5k Run

It was 11 degrees with wind chills below zero for this run today. I half hoped they would cancel it. But no, it was on! I dressed in many layers and we were off! I hoped to PR this race, I have been doing speed work the last 3 weeks during my Half-marathon training and I hoped it would help.

Ooh boy! Did it ever!

I ran the first mile at a 9:45 pace, my best pace was a 6:57 minute pace! Who is this girl? The one that can run pretty fast? Whoever she is, I like her! 🙂

I ended up PRing–32:50. 10:23pace. I even had to walk a bit because the bitter cold was making my lungs and throat hurt. So this race gives me great hope for what I can accomplish in the next 3 months before the half, and the months leading up to the Chicago full.

Cold weather running is kind of gross: my scarf was soaked from my breathing and my left eye was watering so much it looked like I was crying.

When you consider that I ran my very first 5k in 39:17, this seems pretty incredible!

Have a fantastic weekend friends!

I’m running a 5k tomorrow…

and it’s going to be 14 degrees! Why did I sign up for this? Oh, because my half-marathon training schedule called for a 5k this weekend and there happened to be one tomorrow! Maybe I will run really fast?

In other news I had to call in sick to work today because while I was in the shower I got a migraine. For my fellow migraine sufferers out there, I get a migraine with an aura, which means that before I get the headache I see a visual disturbance. Usually bright, zig-zag lines. And when I look at things I can only see half of it . Its a little freaky. I take medicine everyday to prevent them and haven’t had one in over a year, so I guess I was due for one. But when I get them I am done for the day. I have to go back to bed and wear an eye mask and sleep off the headache that follows the aura. It sucks and means a wasted day. Luckily today was a rest day anyway!

Have a great weekend friends! Stay warm!

5K Run For The Homeless

Today I ran a 5k run for the homeless to benefit the People’s City Mission. My whole family did it! There was a 1 mile walk…so my mom, dad, brother and 2 little nephews did that, while my sister in law and I did the 5k. It was my first race since the half-marathon, and I was a little nervous!

But I totally PR’d!

I ran it in 33:23! When I ran my first 5k in October, I had to walk a lot of it, and I finished it in 39:15. My 5k split time from the half-marathon was 37:22. I shaved nearly 4 minutes off that just over a month later! What a great feeling! And I ran the whole thing! Its only my 3rd race, but in the first 2 I had to walk in both of them, so it was a great feeling to run the whole thing, even though there were a lot more hills than I expected! All in all, a pretty great day! I’m aiming to get up early before Church and run 4-5 miles. We’ll see if I can make it! I’m so tired already!

Have a great weekend!

5K Friday

I finally did it! Today’s 5k pushed me over the edge on my miles for the year…and I hit 300 miles! That’s since I began training for the half-marathon in January. A lot of blood, sweat and tears went into those miles. Today’s 5k time also may have been a new PR for a 5k. When I ran my first one back in October it was 39:15. My 5k split time in the half-marathon was 37:22–I was pacing for 13.1 miles, not trying to bust out a record time. But today, I got on the treadmill and just ran! It was way too muggy at 6:30am for me to feel like a run outside could be conquered.

I’m attempting the great outdoors again tomorrow though! I miss the wind, sun and nature! Tonight, my work friends and I are going out for drinks and good times! (Although I don’t really drink!) Water is good!

Hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!