Argh, awful sleep last night! I couldn't fall asleep until after 3am and then had to be up before 6am. Work was crazy busy and didn't get much eating done today either...no time. I took back my Fast Running book to the library (2 days overdue - shame on me!) and then just ran from there. I'm about 95% sure I'll be running the 5k tomorrow evening so I decided to take it nice and easy tonight. I think I did OK with that. HR remained nice and low most of the run, then I ran about 1/2 of a long hill and jogged/walked the rest of it. <Spoiler Alert for my quads> I've got a nice long hill at the end of the race tomorrow. Shhhh! Don't ruin the surprise for my quads! They're going to be sooo excited! LOL Anyways, just wanted to get a few miles in. If my daughter decides to run it tomorrow as well, I'll probably keep her company for the first 1/2 to maybe 3/4 of a mile since it will be fairly flat, but after that (or 7:00, whichever comes first), I'll need to leave her and start cruising. The course isn't a fast one with a 1.25 mile long hill at the end (370' elevation gain) to the finish, so I'm not really worrying about setting some fast PR. It will be my first official 5k, so any time is a PR for me. I've run the course in 27:11 on a training run, so I hope to finish under 28:00 with daddy-daughter time, or closer to 26:00 if I don't wait for my daughter. 25:00 would be awesome, but I don't know if the course will allow me that time this time around. Definitely next year...
I told my daughter I'd pay 1/2 the fee if she paid the other half since she hasn't trained for it. She just wants to do it...I think she wants the t-shirt. :-) I haven't told her yet, but based on the last 3 years of results, she could place in her AG...if she just finishes. Last year was the only year where there were more than 3 in her AG. If that happens again this year, she probably wouldn't place. But, pretty cool to AG place in your first ever 5k!
I knew I'd be able to run tonight so I didn't stress about it during the day, but I did get a chance to be King Road ID! The Bike-Pgh.com folks came and put on a bike safety course for people that do or want to commute to work. My only spare hour just happened to align with their presentation so I dropped in. Lots of good information, nice maps of the best roads to ride on with indicators to show the steepness of the hills, etc. Great stuff. They talked about safety and having ID on you, but didn't say anything about RoadID, so I did. Of course, I had mine on since I wear it everywhere. Never know at my age when you're just going to keel over! That was the first they had heard of RoadID, so it was good to educate them and my co-workers.  +
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