Spring is here!

It's a beautiful spring day! Did my regular 5K in 32.04 or a 10 min 20 sec mile. I thought I might like doing it in reverse, so I don't have to end with that uphill bit, but it turns out that's not so fun. The downhills were fast in this direction, and then there are a ton of gradual up hills. I'd rather get the up hill bits over faster.

Anyhow, it was a pretty good run. I felt good for the most part. There was a lot to look at because everyone was outside. And, I have all these new tunes on my touch! Also, I wore my new Lulu Lemon top, which made me feel a little cool, and a little stupid for spending so much money on a shirt :)

Spring Classic Race

30 min and 47 sec for my second 5K! That's slightly less than a 10 minute mile!!  Go me! I was thrilled about it. I started out slow because it was crowded, but then was just trucking along. When I hit mile #1, I was surprised to see that it was less than 10 minutes. So, I thought maybe I could keep up the pace, and I did. I think I was going a little slower towards the end, but then I saw the finish and tried to haul butt. It felt pretty good. I was puffing away, but not so much that I had to stop and walk.

There was a dude in a skirt at this one too. Maybe it's mandatory that there must be one at every race? He was way faster than me. I def passed people, and they passed me.

I was pretty unsure this morning why I thought a 9:30 race would be a good idea, but now that it's over, and 11:00 and I'm all raced up, it seems like a much better plan.

I took a week off due to sore knees/hip. I even had a massage on Friday. They felt a lot better, but still a little sore.

Post Marathon run

I went to the gym today to run, it was a little windy and chilly out, and I wanted to lift. I did my normal treadmill run, 30 minutes mostly at 5.8 mph, for a total of 2.86 miles in 30 min, and 3.1+ a little in 35 minutes. Not a bad run, but so boring on the treadmill.

Part of why I went to the gym was because I was going to do a 5K run with City Sports on Sat morning. It was supposed to be a fundraiser/solidarity run for the marathon. But, so many people signed up it crashed the site, and they had to cancel it. So I won't be running again in two days. Bozos! What did they think would happen? 

And, in other news, someone actually commented on my blog! Only, when I read their post it was clear that they hadn't actually READ it, they just made a comment about the attack at the Marathon. Dude, that's real news, this is just me tracking how many miles I've run. 

Boston Marathon

Boston Marathon Day today. Man, those folks can run! The women were running a 5.41 minute mile. That's almost twice as fast as I run, and they do it for 26 miles. It motivated me to extend my loop just a little, and go to Willow, the next cross street. That's 3.38 miles. I did it in 35 minutes, and who knows how many seconds because I just used my pedometer that doesn't count seconds. I got some cramps at about 22 minutes, and my right knee and hip were pretty sore. I really wanted to walk at the end, but I didn't. I esp wanted to walk up Sycamore St, and even gave myself permission to, but in the end I ran. Very slowly, but running.

I officially started back on Weight Watchers today. I put all the weight that I lost back on, and I'm really annoyed with myself :P

New Toys

I have a new pedometer from work and my new shuffle to run with now. So fun! This woman I work with says that the university is going to use the pedometers to discriminate and charge more health insurance, but I don't see how. I mean, the people who wear them are the active people. Why would someone who sits on the couch eating Doritos wear one?

According to my new pedometer, I was running for 33 minutes. It doesn't keep seconds, but maybe that's ok, it's less bulky than the watch, though it does ruin the lines of my running clothes.

I did my regular 5K. When I was by the library it started raining, and by the time I got to Medford street it was coming down pretty hard. Of course that last bit is up hill, so I was trying to move faster, but it was a struggle.

Run #50

I've run 50 times! To celebrate I got myself a shiny new iPod Shuffle. It's only $50, it's teal, and it's so light, better to run with than my touch. It just clips right onto my pants, and I don't need to worry about dropping it. I just downloaded my running music.

It's a beautiful spring day today, so I decided to go to the Charles for a run. I found a good parking spot, so I didn't have to run far to get to the river, so my total run distance was 3.28 miles, which I did in 34 minutes exactly. That's pretty much my usual pace. It was kind of windy out, which was a bummer for much of the run, but crossing the Mass Ave bridge the wind was at my back, which was just as good as running downhill. The sailboats were flying!

Big news is I actually passed someone! OK, like 10 people passed me, but I passed someone else. I think it was a first (except for during the race, of course.)

49!

I can't believe this is 49 runs! Almost the big 5-0. Didn't know that I would make it this many times. I  did my 5k today, about 31.15/20 (I had to wait at a light for a little bit, almost 30 seconds, but I ran in place while waiting.)  That's less than a 10 minute mile! Mostly I think I was going pretty much my usual, but towards the end on the hill at Medford Street I was flying! It felt great!! A lot of exclamation points tonight.

I love my iTouch, but it's a lot bulkier than a shiny new nano.