the five-k

me and my new training partner ran our first race yesterday. I love training with this person. I mean, we run and swim the exact same splits. we are perfectly on pace with each other. how often does that happen? I must admit, though, that training with this person has definitely slowed me down quite a bit. and--especially in the beginning there--has sucked the life out of me. but we're getting back on track now.

we're in training for the long course right now. so we'll have to pace each other. september 26th is the big race. and I cannot wait.

but back to our first race together. . . the salt lake marathon 5K. we paced ourselves and made sure we weren't running too hard. it's important to keep that conversational pace, or so they say. I actually felt pretty good. especially since I hadn't gone on a run at all last week. {work sucked the life out of me. every day felt like a workout anyway, so I think I'm okay} there's that stretch of road while you're on state street, heading up to the turn at south temple that felt like it took forever. the long, slight incline is deceiving, that's for sure. but the finish at the gateway is always fun.

I would be lying if I said I wasn't at least slightly bummed to not be running the marathon or the half. there will be time for that in the future. I mean, I had a blast with the 5K and our first race together as training partners. {and with my other running buddies, marta and heidi, of course!}

I'm pretty sure fetus took first place in the unborn division.

chip time: 30:41
pace: 9:53