THOU SHALT BE A COMEBACK

5 miles easy in 49:30.  I got this weird cramp in  my l foot where the whole thing just seized up about halfway through.  I had to stop and walk and stretch my calf and then the cramp went away.  I am going to see about getting custom arch supports today.  I really don't want to get injured.

Very windy today so my easy run was not as easy as I would have like.  50:30 for 5 miles.  I am taking it pretty easy all week to rest up for my first 5K on Saturday.  I hope it's not too windy that day!  Feet did will--no show-stopping cramps or anything.

5.4 easy in 55:30.  Felt sluggish this morning--probably because I ate so much last night but it was GOOD.

5 miles very easy although I could have gone faster--felt really good.  I probably won't run the full 5 miles tomorrow the day before the race.

I just jogged two miles easy today with 2 short(less than a minute) bursts of race pace to "practice."   Immediately after put Vanessa in the stroller and walked about half a mile.  Some horses were out in one of our neighbor's pastures so we stopped to look at them and to play with Alexandra, a neighbor dog.  My mother is going to come and spend the night this evening since the race is at 8am so we can get up early together, eat some breakfast with time for it to settle before running and go down to the starting line.  My husband took tomorrow morning off so he can be at the finish line with all the kids to cheer us on!  I am so excited that my family is going to be there!  It's an annual festival in our little town so after the race there is a pancake feed, then a parade for the kids, and a bunch of other festivities throughout the day like a tractor pull and a turtle race, among other things.  Tomorrow is going to be a BLAST--the kids are excited too.

Well I am pretty excited!  I was all ridiculously  nervous for the race and jogged around a lot warming up.  I kinda scooted towards the back of the starting line and when the gun went off I just tried to go straight for a good pace and hold it.  I passed a lot of people for the first mile and then ran in the same pack the rest of the race.  First mile, 8 minutes on the dot, and I still felt pretty good.  Second mile, 16:02, and now it is getting harder to maintain the pace.  In the third mile I get passed by some girl in pink shorts that is flying and I try to speed up but she is gone.  I get over the crest where I can finally see the finish line and pick it up some more.  Then I hear my husband screaming at me to sprint to I take off as fast as I can.  Next thing I can see the clock and it is ticking 24:41, 24:42, 24:43.  It hits 24:48 the last time I can see it before passing it and crossing the finish line so I'm estimating 24:50 since no one ever really yelled my time at me or I didn't hear it.  I was so relieved I walked through the chute and was suddenly very nauseated.  Some lady tore the bottom off my number and then I came out of the shoot and the lady took the bottom tag and looked at my age and then handed me a medal off the table and told me I was first in my age division.  SERIOUSLY?   It was a really awesome feeling and I am pumped to break 25 minutes.  Next up, the turkey trot on November 22nd.  I will be running the 2 mile I think.  I ran the two mile in cross-country in high school so I am curious what kind of time I can get.  Thanks for all the support from the blog my first 5K exceeded all expectations!  Sasha is right on with 6 days a week I think that is the key to getting back into shape.