2010 race season: the tentative commitment.

here is what I'm looking forward to next season. am hoping the foot cooperates!

salt lake city marathon 5K - this time with the little pj man on the outside of me, in the running stroller. we will have come full circle, one year later, my little training partner and I.
saturday, april 17, 2010

camp pendleton mud run - we didn't end up doing this last year because of pregnancy and injury and it was really sad. so I vow to do it this year. it's my favorite race ever and it's a great excuse to play in the sand + surf in SoCal.
saturday, june 5 (or 12), 2010

hobble creek half marathon - I'm trying to talk my mother into walking this. she's pretty hardcore, even though she doesn't believe she is. she does at least half this distance on a daily basis, so training for the full 13.1 wouldn't really be that big of a stretch. everyone who knows her should tell her to do it.
saturday, august 22, 2010

atlanta marathon - if we can swing it, I really want to do this with my sister + brother inlaw. what better excuse to eat your heart out on thanksgiving than having run 26.2 that morning? free pass for sure! plus I just want to go out and see them and their cute kids in georgia. it would be a win, win, win.
thursday, november 25, 2010

I know I want to do at least one triathlon somewhere in there, but not really sure which one(s). at this point I'm not even sure if it would be sprint or olympic (probably olympic). may and july don't have anything, so that might be something to look at. decisions, decisions! oh how I love planning out the future races. it does my heart good.

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