Today was my first race of 2012! I woke up this morning and it was so frigid that I had to turn back on my jog down to the Salt Lake Running Company to get an extra layer. Yeah, a four-layer morning; burrr! So prior to heading out to Saltair, I jogged down to the store, the joined up with the group and ran down to Liberty Park and completed two laps around the wood-chip path and back. The total distance of this run was 9.85 miles at an easy pace.
I then meant up with my friend from work Lance who I is on my Wasatch Back and Hood To Coast teams. Consequently, we figured it would be a good idea to get in a little race training and what better place than The Great Salt Lake (i.e., a few miles past work) to accomplish this! Like always, Saltair felt like a meat locker and I needed to thaw out in my friend’s car after picking up my race packet. I removed a layer before the race, but felt a little overdressed compared to my FRB buddies that I saw at the starting line; Fritz, Allie, and James. It was great to see them and to talk to them after the race (a great reminder that I needed to get back on my FRB game). Wearing my Altra running shoes for the first time off of the treadmill (love the zero drop and large toe box), I sort of relaxed into a solid pace. At mile 1, my Garmin read 5:27, which I cannot complain about. However, I was not able to contain it in that I completed a 5:42 split for both the 2nd and 3rd miles; therefore, finishing in a time of 17:33. Running against the chilly wind on the way back was particular fun; that is, I was so cold afterward, I immediately put on my windbreaker, gator, and ski-cap to keep warm. Fun times and it was great to see my friend Lance beat his time from last year by over two minutes!
Later in the day, I literally ran some errands around my neighborhood and completed 2.25 miles at an easy pace in the process.
In regards to my non-running workout, I completed another day 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 blueberry smoothie
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