Today was the second Saturday in a row I've run a 5K race. Last weekend it was the Phinizy Swamp Stomp and this weekend was the Arbor Day 5K at Pendleton King Park.
I thought I had more in me for the Swamp Stomp, but only managed a 23:53. It was still faster than my time on the same course last year, so I'll take it, but it was a little disappointing. I felt like I was putting forth everything I had though throughout the whole race, so I'll consider it a success.
This weekend I had the Arbor Day race. I went into the race not expecting much since I was pushing the munchkin in the stroller. But the race started out down hill and gravity grabbed hold of the stroller and away I went. I was somehow in the quick group of 6 or 7 in front almost immediately. I kept up for as long as I could, but tried to hold back as best as I could, since I knew I'd be pushing the stroller the whole way. I actually hit the first mile at about 7:30. One person passed me at about the halfway point and one other person passed me in the last mile, but I managed to pull in 8th place overall with a 27:35 pushing that stroller and talking to the little one the whole race. My goal was to try to break 30 minutes, with no frame of reference for short, speed running with the stroller, so I was quite pleased.
There's another 5K coming up in two weeks that I'm thinking about adding to the calendar, and I'm still considering Black Hills. I'm actually tossing around the 100 miler in my head, even though I don't have time to really train for it. But it's all mental, right? Well not entirely, but stay tuned.
