I am not sure if it gets better than a 5K wearing all kinds of green and listening to Dropkick Murphys at the starting line. Well, maybe when you add a little Irish jig to the mix!
This past Saturday was the Irish 5K in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. I had signed up to do it late last year and was worried as the date approached that I would be walking the entire thing. You see, I didn’t exactly do a lot of training this winter. In fact, I didn’t do a lot of anything this winter when it came to getting active.
But, I was determined. I ran once in January and it was fairly awful. I ran once again last week and it was miserable. So I figured that this would be a run/walk and a good training run. And it was.
The course had a very hilly start but leveled out nicely after that. I had to take several walking breaks, but all in all kept my pace nice and slow and stuck with running for much greater distances than I thought I would be able to do. My finish was 40:27, so a 13:01/mile average. Given the number of times that I walked and my very slow running pace, I’m very happy with this result. And hey – I wasn’t last: I came in 833rd out of 934 finishers. Sheesh. But I finished!
Then yesterday I woke up with a raging sore throat, ear pain, and just generally felt sick. Which makes me sad, because the weather this week is perfect running weather. But I need to take care of myself too. My running goals are set for the year, step by step, and hopefully with nice, slow training and a lot of patience, I’ll reach them all. But even if I don’t – just trying to get there means working out and getting active, and in the end that is what really matters.
Next step: getting back to running 5K distance on a regular basis, without walking breaks, and below 12:30/mile.
Yay, Michele! Go you! Hope you feel better soon, so you can get back to your training.
I am so proud of you and hope you feel better soon. You look so happy and healthy. Good for you! Now try to rest if you can!
You are, obviously, awesome! Super proud of you!! xo
You did it! You did it! I sure hope you feel better today.
Great job! Sounds like it was a lot of fun (anything with DKM is fun!) Hope you’re feeling better soon.
Yay! Good for you!! LOVE the green socks
I have my first race this weekend .. another St. Patty’s Day themed 5K. I think you’ve inspired me to find some festive footwear.
GREAT job!!!! I hope you’re feeling much better!
Awesome job!!! And I love your green outfit!!! Hope you’re feeling better soon, mama.
That is amazing! I have never run from or to anything. lol
Good job! You look amazing
and I hope you FEEL that way soon!
Wahoo! I ran it too!!! We should do one together!
Slow and steady still wins the race! You did a great job! I hope you can hit your goals for the year! If you want to try to work up to a half, I’m doing the Surftown in September. That’s a good amount of time to train!