Today's Run and Amazing Hurdle

      I beat my PR!!! My PR was my first 5k race last year on August 7, 2010 at 29:58 minutes. Today's training run I ran 29:39 minutes, before today I hadn't been able to come within one minute of my PR and today it didn't really feel like I was making much effort! I mean, the usual soreness from my knees when I push it a little but that was it! I can't believe I beat my PR during a training run, I am so excited!!!! I have been really concerned for the last couple of weeks since I started running 3 miles, and today must be a sign that I am doing something right!

No Rain this Week..... so far

    Yesterday afternoon I went out with Shari's group and ran 3 miles, I would say around 31 minutes total. Wasn't bad and I didn't feel too much pain so I think I am actually improving, hopefully 3 miles will become my base mileage (in about 1 month). Jump Start will begin on May 24 (can't wait!!!!!) and they will start at 1 mile, I know that is a bit easy for me now but it will help me correctly improve and increase mileage their way. I think I will work on my pace during the first 2 or 3 weeks of Jumpstart, right now my pace is around 10 to 11 mpm and that is when I am running more than 2.5 miles. I still haven't decided if I am going to do another 1 mile run in the morning on those days that Jumpstart runs or just add a trail run to make up for the lost mileage???? I just want to do it smart and right, I do not want to injure myself again, I want to run the Half Marathon in October. Tomorrow my sister Shauna is supposed to run with me and the group, we probably will not run 3 miles but maybe 2 miles instead. It all depends on how she wants to do it, I also have a race Saturday at Audubon State Park (5k) and then I am pretty much done with races until August.

Making up For Yesterday's Missed Run/Race

    This morning I went to Audubon and ran the Back Country trail again, I actually cut about a minute off my time from last Thursday's trail run. I was not prepared for the 80 degrees though, I think if it hadn't been so hot that early in the morning, I might have done even better, it was only 2.35 miles so darn it. My last race until August is this coming Saturday (unless I register for another) and that one is at Audubon so I am excited! I need to start going back to the gym more often , my ass is starting to show some wrinkley cottage cheese look at the bottom near my upper thighs, actually I probably need to be doing a lot more lunges.

This Day Sucks

    The Newburgh Rivertown Trail 5k was today, but not so much due to the weather but more due to the fact that I want my husband to be at my races so bad that I will let him make me be late to my race.  We live about a 10 minute drive from Newburgh, and we left about 10 or 15 minutes before 9 (the race). Parking was like 3 or 4 blocks away, so as it was 5 minutes til 9 and we were still about 5 or 9 minutes way and so I reluctantly decided to not do it because I am sick of getting there late and feeling rushed along with my nervous feelings as well. But I won't so badly for him to come to my races, but he is a pro when it comes to procrastination even with his own things to do, and it so aggravating because I like to be on time and even early to things. After races, I decide that I won't take him along or wait for him but then the next race comes along and I know that if I don't wake him up and bring him along, he won't get there until after the start or even show up to my race. This sucks, I guess I will have to make up the run tomorrow morning.

Saturday's Race at Valhalla

    I think I forgot to post about this, it was a small race, great but I think only around 40 runners. Again, I kept my pace slow out of fear that my IT band would act up or some other stupid body part. I am hoping that with Jumpstart and building my mileage from 1 mile to 13 with them will help me get over this anxiety. This last Saturday's race wasn't awful, but at 31:54, I am still 2 minutes slower than my first 5k race pace and that is a little aggravating.