Yes, I entered a road race--a 5K--for the first time in...10 years? Maybe more. I did my first "road race"--which, in my case, is not a race at all but merely "paying lots of money to get a T-shirt and to jog with a bunch of other people and to try to pass people I think I should be faster than right before I get to the finish line"--when I was 15 or so. I've done lots of 5 milers and 10K's--and even a marathon--since then, but I think the only 5K's I've actually done were the cross country races I did the one season I ran CC in college, before I smartened up and realized that I really wasn't fast enough to be doing that. So I guess that means that my time tomorrow, however slow, will be a road 5K PB. Or, I guess runners call them "PR's" (personal records). Or maybe I should use the CrossFit term, "benchmarks," since I'm running the race with people from the CrossFit gym I go to (well, I'll be running with them if any of them are content to slog along at 10-minute miles).
Anyway, it should be fun. Despite it being "take it easy" season for me, I'm confident in my ability to run 3 miles. After all, I've trained for it. And by that I mean I ran 2 miles. Once.
See? Here's the indoor field house where I ran.
And, of course, I've carbo loaded for it. I may not have much running talent, but I excel at spotting situations in which I can convince myself that eating a lot is actually a good idea.
In this case, a lot of pancakes. Grain free Paleo pancakes, of course, with pure maple syrup--I'm still doing the nutrition challenge through the CrossFit gym. Oh, yeah, and bacon. Normally there would be more bacon but I only had one piece left in the house. Obviously a crisis situation...
So I'm trained and carbed up and ready to get out there and have fun tomorrow morning. Stay tuned for the undoubtedly-exciting race report!
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