First of all – HAPPY NATIONAL RUNNING DAY! I am doing a FREE 10K tonight in honor of National Running Day. I am definitely going to keep it nice and easy. I didn’t train for my upcoming half marathon, so I am using tonight as my training run (yes, my only training run…opps)!
Last night I ran in a track meet. That is a very weird thing to say considering the last time I ran in a track meet, I was in 8th grade. Crazy to think that was 14 years ago. Wow! It was an All Comers event, meaning anyone could run, but the majority of people were grade schoolers and high schoolers coming off their track seasons. Awesome.
I ran the 1500m and the 800m and made sure I was in the slowest heat each time. I never finished last J. I am waiting for the times to be posted, but I believe my 1500m was at 6:11 and my 800m was at 2:54. I was super happy with that. Granted I have not done a lot of 1 mile runs, but my fastest ever was 6:56 – the only time I broke 7 min. With my 1500 time, I know I can do a mile under 7 min. Heck, I would be close to a 6:45 mile.
With my current running, my goals are to get the mileage in and keep a semi-consistent pacing meaning I am never really pushing myself. Getting back on the track and doing ‘short’ distances really brought back the sprinter in me. Granted it to me awhile to get used to the starting gun. Made me jump every time. It was a fun night getting out on the track and watching all the heats.
I think the best part was everyone’s reactions. I love how excited everyone was for me. I had told my sister earlier and she was laughing with me, because I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I think my dad was the most excited/impressed. Mom seemed amused. She is right that I always find the craziest things to get myself into. Track days were always fun in grade school. Everyone wanted to know why I didn’t run the 400m. The 400m was MY event. I started with it in the 5th grade and never looked back. They didn’t offer it this week (they switch up the schedule). I wanted to run it because I loved that event, but I was a bit scared to see how bad my time got. After running the 800m I think my 400m time would still be OK.
Sidenotes: My new shoes should be here by the end of the week. Can’t wait to test them out. If they feel OK I think I will be wearing them at the Glo Stick. My new favorite snack is zucchini bites. Super easy to make and taste pretty good. A fellow blogger posted the below sign. It might be my new favorite saying. I love when people tell me they don’t have time to get to the gym or go for a run, but they can tell me what is going on in their favorite tv show. Yeah – you have the time, you just choose to do something else with it. Quit making excuses!
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