Well, I ran twice this week. That should mean something.
Thursday I headed up to Uptown Park to run the Turkey Trot 5k. It was great! But, it was annoying to have to dodge so many walkers who obviously started up near the front where the fast pacers are supposed to be. Now, I have nothing against people who walk a 5k - but please, PLEASE start near the end of the pack and don't walk like 6 abreast - it makes things really difficult for the people trying to run the event.
Other than that, the run was great. I struggled a bit to breathe, but I felt pretty strong and finished with a personal best of a bit over 38 minutes. The weather and the people I got to run with made it pretty perfect. Yay!
Saturday's run, unfortunately, was not nearly as good. Our route was the same 10 miles from a couple of weeks ago - Memorial to the convention center downtown and back. I started hurting early in the run (I think I killed my lower back wrapping Christmas presents on Friday) and ended up having to walk over half of the distance. My inner thighs were screaming, too. By the time we limped in to the finish, I wasn't so sure about even walking. Ugh.
I guess there will always be bad runs. Here's hoping things get better soon!
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Yup, there will always be good runs and bad runs. And since you PRd on Thursday, you might not have fully recovered from that to make Saturday's run a great one, since it was triple the distance.
But just take it all in stride and know you can do it! You are doing great getting through it all and will have a killer 1/2 in January!
Great Job Kelsey! (=
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