9.8 miles with a 3 mile tempo. I realized once I got going this am that I accidently took my 10 mi loop instead of my 8 mi loop. I only really had time for 8 mi so I threw in an unplanned tempo 6:39, 6:33, 6:21. This felt hard and was a good reminder of what pushing the pace on tired legs feels like. On the bright side I did make it to work on time! :)
I was asked to speak at a charity 5k tonight in Fountain Green for a family that just lost their Dad in a tragic accident. I actually think the race is on mostly trail and I will definitely just be jogging. I'm going to take it easy the next few days.
PM: I was asked to speak at a charity 5k earlier this week. The family lost there Husband & Dad in a tragic unexpected accident. 4 little girls ages 19, 14, 11 & 5. So so sad! The race was totally redneck small town with hand written bib numbers. It was not about the race but about raising money for this poor family to pay for funeral expenses. After I spoke briefly about my running story, many hugs tears ect, we were told to jump in the back of a truck and we'd be driven to the start.
The course was a rocky dirt trail and into a headwind the entire way. We all (75 people?) waited around at the start until a guy pulled out his cellphone and said okay the time is 7:20p.m. "GO"! haha I jogged the first half mile as originally planned. I am incapable of going from 0-100% without a proper warmup. About 10 people darted out in front of me and after a half mile I decided to start picking people off. 6:42, 6:28 (talked to an old friend that knew my brother this entire mile), 6:30 (this entire mile was a gradual climb back to the park), There was no real finish line so I just kind of jogged it in to the park....garmin read 19:57 for 3.05 miles. Not sure if this was the smartest move after the tempo in the morning but I actually felt really good once I started running. And I definitely learned that no matter what the situation it is hard to jog a race! Lesson learned. | 