not giving up on the comeback

Nice little run before lunch - 

5.1 @ 7:22 ave pace 

Went after getting supper ready for the natives - felt pretty good tonight

5.25 @ 7:15 ish pace 

Got out for a nice run in the evening.  Felt good - slowed a bit by the dark.  

8 @ 7:31 ave pace 

got out a little later than normal, but it was a nice night for a run.  It was dark so I was slow, but that's ok today.  A little soreness in my foot tonight for some reason.  

8 @ 7:53 ave pace 

Nervous about my 5K tomorrow - I PR'd here last year and now this year I'm going to  be happy just to average 6min miles.  I know I can run that fast, cause the last two weeks I have run that fast then slowed myself down so I could last the full race.  Maybe with the shorter race I won't have to do that.  We'll see.  

683 miles on my current shoes - I guess I need to look for new ones.

Really sleepy this afternoon but I got myself out for a run today.  It was ok - uneventful at best.

6.5 @ 7:30 ave pace 

Today was the my neighborhood's 5K that kicks off the Arts festival.  Last year I came in 2nd and ran a 17:15, a PR.  Of course that was when I was peaking for my half.  Today my goal was adjusted a bit and it was to run around 6min miles.

At the start, I knew there were two guys faster than my goal pace.  I just let them drag me along as best as possible.  Unfortunately I knew both were in the Masters group, so I knew if they held up I'd miss out on my free pair of shoes.  Oh well, there is time to get those in the future.  One other guy went out to lead the first mile, but he faded nicely and we picked him off one at a time.  Long hill in the 3rd mile makes it a little slower.  

5:53 ave pace

1 - 5:45

2 - 5:53

3 - 6:04

.1 - 5:22  

Nice little warmup and warmdown finally gets me to 50 for the week.  

Looking forward to the 5K next weekend.  

Looking forward to the Chicago marathon tomorrow. Hopefully the streaming works well.  It is so nice to be able to stream one of these big marathons for free...