Still basking in the glow.

FEMALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 64
Place Name Age City/state Guntime Pace Chiptim Bib#
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2 Jacqueline Alexander 62 MACON GA 36:06 11:37 35:51 1713


In the local newspaper I was #887

Eureka - Ran My First 5K Race

The race was much harder than I anticipated and I walked a lot, but I finished the race in 36 minutes and my pace was 11:37. I'm happy with it and can't wait to run the next one. I didn't run much the week before the race and I pigged out all weekend so now it's back to the "good" diet and the morning three mile run. I will begin working towards the 10K race, but I don't need to run one this year. I need to stick with the 5K race until I can complete it without stopping.

Countdown to the Race

Ran 1 mile, walked for the rest of the hour.

Back in the Groove.

Ran: 1 mile
Walked: 3 miles

Because I'm coming off a virus and I worked two days straight I made this a recovery run day. I have also decided to start running with the dogs. Even the chihuahua. So
Sweetie ran .5 miles and Gemini ran .05 miles.

Raining Today.

Humidity is back up!

Ran: 30 minutes
Walked: 20 minutes

Effort: 3
The temperature was 72. I could do more, but am impatient to get started on the things I need to do today. Packing to move.

Ran One Mile

Recovery day. My face is blistered. I hate to miss a cool weather day, but there will be plenty more ahead.

Indian Mounds and River Walk

Ran: two segments of 30 minutes each
a couple of 6 minute interval runs.
Walked: 20 minutes
Effort: 5
I wore my oldest Asics mens size 8.5 E. because I knew I'd be running on grass. After the first 30 minutes my socks and shoes were wet. No blistering. As long as I wear the mens wide shoes I don't believe I'll have a problem. I wore the wicking socks.
It was a good run with some hills going up and down and some small amount of interval training. It was good to get back to these two places it gave me a chance to contrast then and now and I can feel the advances I've made in both endurance and speed.
The hayfever didn't bother me in fact running opens the sinus's. I did stop by the store to buy something for my cold, settled on vitamin tablets and apples and bananas. I thought about DMX or antihistamine but rejected the idea because of running. I may take a small amount of doxylamine tonight, it is similar to benedral.

52 minutes

Effort: 3
Temperature was 70 degrees, but it's overcast so it seemed much cooler. Fall is in the air.
Enjoyed the run. I had planned to go to the river or park and run three more miles, but it's too overcast. Instead I rode my bike for 45 minutes.

Mileage since last Friday =19 miles

I don't work Saturday or Sunday so this feels like a good day to recover. I have a shopping trip planned for today.

I'm right where I should be with my training. I can easily run a 5K and this time next year I'll be running 10K with the greatest of ease. Who knows maybe even participating in the runners club and signing up for and running in every race going on. But for now I'm happy with where I am.

Ran 52 minutes.

Effort: 4
Temperature 70 degrees humidity 100%
Time: 8:15 AM
Run: 4 miles
Notes: No aches or pains. I might have extended the run, but I hadn's put out any water. I tried out a pair of pants I bought for the winter. They are lightweight knit and will work wonderfully for the bottom layer this winter. A bit tight for me but I figure nobodies watching me as I run around the block for an hour. Well, I'm sure someone noticed me, but I don't think anyone would care.

Ran 3.1 miles

Walked/ran for 60 minutes.

I'm not sure I'm ready to run a 5K. I may only get a t-shirt out of this one. Why?
I'm working a four day work week and the race is on the third day. I'll see. I'm going to run 3.1 miles every day I don't work and 1 mile all but one of the work days. That one day I don't run a mile I can consider a run recovery day. The race is in 18 days. If I decide to go ahead with it I will not run after the 4th, the race is on the 7th. Rest from running days, proble is I'll be working which is 5-6 hours of being on my feet. The schedule before that day will be something like this: 3.1 today, 20th - 3.1, 21st - 3.1 22nd 1, 23rd 1, 24th -3.1, 25th -1, 26th 3.1, 27th -3.1, 28th 3.1, 29th -1, 30th - 1, 31st -3.1, 1st -1, 2nd 3.1 3rd -1, 4th rest, 5th rest, 6th rest, 7th race.