Officially down for the DOG Street 5k in Williamsburg this April. It's high time I run a race in my home town, so I'll head down there for a day or 2 to run it and hang out with my parents who will hopefully be there to witness the race too. It might be an ugly one - such is the nature of 5k's - cause I'd like to PR, but it'll be interesting because I haven't had the chance to really train for speed.
Also signed up for the Hot Chocolate 15k in Philly. I missed it last year in Atlanta and was bummed about that, so I'm happy to finally be able to do it. Because I haven't been to Philly in my adult life and I am not good at getting around cities, I did the smart thing and booked a hotel. Already planned out my parking and bus routes too. I'll have tons of chocolate at the race and I'm definitely gonna get a nice cheese steak while I'm in town. The race is in 2 weeks
This morning I was feeling quite sore so I spent some time soaking in the tub with some of this stuff
Found it at my grocery store - it smells so nice! A bit pricy so we'll see how many uses I get out of it, or I may just go back to straight epsom salt.
A few hours after my bath I went out for today's run. I was going to run 4 miles at a moderately challenging pace. But instead I went for some 5k practice because I had just signed up for the race and spent all morning regretting my lack of speed training. I haven't run a 5k for speed in a long time, plus my legs are sore from Tuesday so the plan was just to go out there and do my best.
I didn't pace myself well for this run and it got ugly during the last mile. Felt like I was about to lose my lunch! Came in at 27:10. Still got a ways to go if I'm to beat 25:42, but not bad for the first attempt. 1 month to go, plenty of time to work on it.
I feel as though I have earned some food - so it's time to chill on the couch, eat, and watch movies!
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