Tale of a 5K PR

You know how when you decide to start a blog and you are amped to write every day, but then every day becomes every week and before you know it you're updating your blog twice a year and always apologizing for it? Yeah, that's me, minus the apology. I've been told women apologize too often, so in that spirit, on with the blog.

Like most slow runners, I have dreams of being fast like everyone else. I spent the past four weeks doing speedwork and tempo runs. And lo and behold, that stuff works. I haven't run an actual 5K race since 2009 (In 2010 I focused on a 10K and in 2011 I did my first half), and that time was something around 34 minutes. In my defense, it was also 96 degrees that day and there was a hill that lasted about a 1/2 mile.

Anyway, so I do this speedwork for four weeks and last Sunday at the Giralda Farms 5k/10k, I finished in 31:26. I still am dying to break under 30, but I'll take what I can get.

I'm also deciding on my next race. Right now, I'm looking at the Shamrock Marathon in March in Va. Beach.

In the meantime, I am going to finish our 2011 still vying for that under 30-minute 5k.

Hey Baby, What’s Your Sign?

I finally got a run in on Sunday. Did a 5k in 34:39. Not quite the time I was looking for, but at least I did it. I tried using the goal setting function on the Garmin and I told him I could run this 5k in 33 minutes flat. Man, I was totally defeated when I had less than .14 miles left and I didn’t meet the goal. I’ll tackle this time goal again Tuesday.

Now for the next installment of 30 for 30, which is my zodiac sign and if it fits me.

First off, does my sign even matter since now that the earth is in a different position everyone’s sign changed (or something like that)? So allegedly, I’m an Aries. That means I am adventurous and energetic; pioneering and courageous; enthusiastic and confident; and dynamic and quick-witted. It also means I am selfish and quick-tempered; impulsive and impatient; and foolhardy and daredevil. These descriptions are pretty accurate.

But if we go to the “new” signs, that probably makes me a Pisces. I don’t know what those traits are because I thought I was an Aries for the past 29 years. I’m too lazy to really find out about this other sign, so I’ll just keep being an Aries.