Friday, June 21, 2013
Win a FREE entry to the Chicago Half Marathon, Field Trips, CARA member runs
So this is a bit of a mash up of a blog post covering three things:
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Run for Boston 5k - and other stuff

I have to get better about blogging the day of my races, but honestly, these last few days have been so busy, I've barely had time to sit down and do anything, much less write.
So, on Saturday, my sister and I went out to Libertyville to run the Run for Boston 5k. The race was was a partnership between the Chicago Running Bloggers community and Muddy Monk Trail Running. I thought this might actually be a Muddy Monk type trail race, but my sister assured me it would not. I wasn't too thrilled about getting up and driving an hour north of the city, but it was early and there was little traffic, so it didn't take us that long.
Even though that photo looks a little drab and cloudy, it actually was pretty nice weather for running. It was drizzly but not full out raining. And it was warm. The thing about running in the rain is you never feel over heated - which is nice.
Somehow I ran a 8:44 first mile. I knew I was running fast because I could see my sister pretty much the entire way. She usually smiles, says "have a nice run" and then I don't see her till the finish line. I slowed down for the second and third mile, figuring if I kept my pace somewhere around 9:30s for both of those miles, I'd still beat my fastest 5k time by quite a bit. And I did - or would have - but unfortunately, the course ran slightly short of 3.1 miles. I crossed the finish line at 27:18 having run 2.9 miles. So even though I didn't have my fastest 5k ever, I still did almost 3 miles running an average pace of 9:08 - which I am very happy about. The course even had a few hills, so that makes me even happier.
After the race there was plenty of food including hot pizza and snacks and 312 beer. We even got a water bottle as part of the post race goodies, which is great since I really need a new water bottle considering all the cycling I've been doing lately. As you know I was the happy recipient of a new road bike for Mother's Day. The primary reason I wanted one was because I foolishly signed up to do the RAIN (that's Ride Across INdiana ride) with my dad and my sister's boyfriend. That's 160 miles on a bike in one day. I am going to be optimistic and say somehow I will dig deep inside and figure out a way to peddle the full distance, but I also wouldn't be surprised if I hopped in the sag wagon a few of those miles. Really, anything over 100 miles is going to be a pretty big accomplishment considering the level of training my butt has. I did go out for a 40 mile ride yesterday and I've already put over 80 miles on my bike, so it's not like I'm sitting around doing nothing.
All in all, this past few days has been a good few days of running and cycling. Throw in an early morning run with Sara today, and I'm ready for a rest. But I think I promised someone else I'd do an early morning bike ride tomorrow, so that rest may have to wait until another day.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Popular Posts
-
With Mr. H. and baby H. out of the house for the weekend, I have moved into the staying in bed, eating ice cream and watching television (p...
-
There has been a lot of talk in the media, on social networks, on trains, and in knitting circles about women's rights/misogyny, etc. la...
-
The bad thing about international travel is the time difference, and if it's a work trip, finding the time to run and having enough ener...
-
I tried to get up and run but the car battery was dead. That doesn’t make any sense because of course one does not need a working car batter...
-
A few weeks ago I was browsing around BuzzFeed, as one does, and I took a quiz, as one does, about how many iconic 80s films I had seen...
