Today it’s supposed to hit 70 degrees. It’s also supposed to rain.
Figures. If I can get out of work early and it’s not raining, I plan on trying
for 12 miles or maybe even 13.1. I’d really like to know I can run the distance
without dying at the end. I know I should be able to. All my runner friends
claim that if I can run 10 miles, I can run 13 miles. But I’d really like to know this for sure.
The local running group is sponsoring a Boston
run tomorrow morning. It’s just a group run, not a race. It will cover 4.75 miles. The run starts at 8:00 a.m.
which is way too early for me on a Saturday morning, but I’m going to do it. So
far 141 have signed up. That’s a large number for this area. Some races have
seen less runners than that. I’m not sure how it’s going to work because the
streets won’t be blocked off and 141 runners will have to stay to the
sidewalks. Should be interesting. I will be wearing blue track pants and a yellow shirt (Boston colors). It's supposed to be chilly tomorrow, 40s. My shirt is long sleeve. I should be OK.
Sunday I have a 5K race. Actually, I have two I could run
in. One is at 9:00 a.m. and the other
at 1:00 p.m. I like the course for
the morning one, but it’s in the morning. The afternoon race has a rather
boring course, but it’s in the afternoon. I will most likely do the afternoon race.
I’m not pre-registered for either so it doesn’t really matter. I have yet to
run a 5K in under 26 minutes and am going to try to do that on Sunday. The only way to run faster is to run faster.
I just read that yesterday. Running fast is also a good way to get injured
which I don’t want to do two weeks before my half marathon. I’m not a fast
runner and I don’t have a desire to be a fast runner, but a race is a race and I
should probably push myself just a little.
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