Highs and Lows

OK, not really highs and lows as much as motivation and lack thereof.  Coming off of a half marathon training plan, I had a really hard time sticking to a 5K training plan.  It was just too easy to skip workouts knowing I only had to run 3.1 miles as the ultimate goal.  With the half marathon, I was petrified to miss a long run - because if I missed even one, I'd never be able to finish the race (or so I convinced myself).  This, not so much.  It's also the reason there is a big gap in this blog...

That said, I was really excited to run the race.  When I ran this same race last year (The Scan Foundation Save Our Skin 5K), it was the first race I had ever run.  So I was excited to see how I had improved - a lot had happened in a year. 

I also invested in the race (in a matter of speaking) - I volunteered to help the organizer with all of her e-mail merges for the race.  It's a good feeling helping out.  This is my second stint of volunteering - my daughter and I went down to a 5K a little while ago and passed out t-shirts and race packets.  That was a blast - mainly because she was so excited to be doing it.

So between those two things, and the fact that this was the first race my family came down to see me run...I was excited for this one.  

It worked out well too - I PRed, shaving almost five minutes off of last year's time.  As I said, a lot has happened in a year!  Aside from my daughter deciding I was a very slow runner because I didn't win it . . . .a great race.