Altered Route

Beautiful morning for a run today!  I set out to run my regular 2.26 mile course.  But the sunny weather, with the fog burning off looked so pretty I decided to run by the water.  I thought I would just run to the end of the cove and then head back home.  I wish I could say that this was a Zen-like run, that I just got into the groove and had an amazing long run.  But, alas, reality.  I did the Mackerel Cove run.  I turned around and headed home.  I knew it was going to be shorter.  When I saw the time when I walked in the door.  I knew it was much shorter.  Today's run was 1.86 miles.  I rounded it out with a cool down walk with Carley.  

Well, it's all mileage.

How are you getting your miles today?

May the Second Be With You

I was very excited to sign up for the May the Fourth be With You 5K.  It is run in support  of St. Jude's.   That is not why I ran it (obviously) but it was a nice side benefit . 

 I wanted the medal.  

I really, really wanted to run it on May 4th, but I was afraid that my run would be OBE (overcome by events).  The Jamestown Little League Opening Day Parade is that morning and my daughter's birthday party is that afternoon.  And I really wanted the medal.  You were allowed to run it before the 4th, but not after.  So I ran today.  

Not only do I get a great medal, but it is also a great way to kick-off my new running focus.  A fellow Newport Princess (can we please, please, change the group name?) was asking us each about our fitness goals.  It made me think about what I really want to do. I toyed with the idea of running the Jamestown Half Marathon in July, but decided I  did not want to do that right now, and there is always next year.  What I want to focus on now is consistency.  I want to run 2-3 miles, 2-3 times a week with an additional longer run on the weekend (not to exceed 10K).  I want a faster 5K time.  

So here is my base line 5K time.  It is slower than  usual, but I also haven't run that distance in awhile.  (It was 6 minutes slower than last time I ran that route.)  It can only get better.

And I get the medal.

UPDATE:  Our running group is now called: "Name to Be Determined"  :)  Thanks, Jessica