The 5k last weekend was a resounding success. The night before the race, I was setting up my watch to tell me when to walk and to make the intervals and stuff, but decided to change my plan to be a little less conservative. The original plan was to run 1000m and walk a bit, because those are the intervals we've been doing on the track. While programming the watch, I decided that I could do with only 3 walk breaks so made it run 1250m before walking a bit. That worked ok, but was challenging, and at the half way point, I realized that if I walked a tiny bit longer, a teammate could catch up with me.
This is a nice way to have done a race, because 1. I was able to meet my goal to improve, 2. I know there is more improvement available, and 3. Gasping conversation is better than no conversation.
I don't know the official time yet, but it's probably less than the time I recorded on my watch because I forgot to press the stop button right away. My watch says it was 36:15, which is a 11:37 pace, which is totally awesome for me. The best 5K result I could find for me was from the 2008 GW Parkway 5K, which was 36:41, and I remember feeling truly awful coming down the home stretch for that one. On Saturday, I was breathing hard, but still had "go" left in my legs.
I got to enjoy the rest of the day as well, with an adventure to an Asian superstore and a visit to the natural history museum. They've put in some sort of ocean exhibit and have an aquarium. I could've watched those fish all day, but it was also fun to look at the prehistoric coral reef and try to find different things.
Sunday was drizzly. I had grand plans to knit and watch Lost, but ended up playing Civilization almost all day. This knitting project is never going to get done if I don't work on it.
Today I woke up stupid early to go to morning bootcamp (part of the annual goals). It was pretty awesome, and I ended up sitting down at work before 8am, which is crazy! I think I'll be able to avoid the excessive muscle soreness some other people said usually happens because I really just don't want to try that hard. It seems like I should be able to get stronger by just trying harder than I would be if I were still in bed (which is where I would usually be from 6-7am on Monday mornings)
Tonight is hashing, which is a fun addition to the workout schedule. At least it's usually fun. If the lunges from this morning come back to haunt me this afternoon, it will be less fun.
*** Update, official time 35:30, 5K PR
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