It was a 5:00 am wake up today, in order to get out of the house by 6:20 am to jog 3.4 miles down to the Salt Lake Running Company for Fun Run 5k. This was the summer version of this race sponsored by New Balance and the registration was free (just have to be one of the first 750 to register online when registration opens). I also competed in the spring version of this free 5k race which was sponsored by Nike. After picking up my sweet florescent lime green shirt (the women runners received florescent pink), I headed down to the starting line which was around 2400 South and 600 East. I love this course in that it’s just a nice and flat 5 out to Liberty Park and back. Consequently, it is a great course to get a true 5k time on.
Just after 7:00 am, we were off. I was in the lead pack for the first half mile talking to my SLRC buddy Adam who totally had the Pre look going on. Then everyone seemed to drop off. As a result, SPRC owner, Guy Perry (it was great to finally meet him), paced me for the rest of the race on his fancy cruising bike that had pink rims. With the exception the Running of the Leopards 5ks (which is a straight downhill course), in the hand full of 5ks that I have run since I started running marathons and all my 5ks in high school, I had actually never run a sub-18:00 3.1-miler. I knew I just need to be healthy and have a flat course to do this because I have been running just under 18:00 for three miles on some of my treadmill workouts. So it all came together today and with a really aggressive push toward the finish mile I finished with a 17:29. My splits were: 5:28, 5:41: 5:47, and 0:33. It felt great!
After touching base with a number of my running friends (Amy, Eric, Rob, Elizabeth, Adam, and BJ just to name a few). I ran to The Gateway shopping center then back (on the way, meeting up with my friend Lisa at Liberty Park to jog down to 3300 South together) to home for a total of 14.5 miles at an easy pace.
My daily non-running workout consisted of 300 sit-ups.
Five-Minute Plank Challenge: 30 second plank and side planks
Trying-To-Go-Out-Of-My-Way-To-Eat-Healthy Challenge: a serving of mixed fruit
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