update... update... update....

Good Morning!!!!!

My 5K on 5/17/09 went fantastic! I ran it in 30:50, 9:58 miles dispite the fact I was in the porta potie when the gun went off! AKKKK! This is not a race I would run again it was very poorly organized with no communication and they started the race early! Despite my numberous complaints it was a good time and I'm glad I ran it.

Next up is 13.1 in Chicago. I'm so nervous already! I've put in the training, I know I can do it *sigh* pre race jitters, oh well.

In other news I ran 12 miles on Sunday, It was so awesome to challenge myself like that! I ran on the trail all the way to prince crossing and back, this was new and unchartered territory for me and man did it rock! This trail is so beautiful! I can't believe how fortunate I am to have it so close to home! I took pictures I need to figure out how to post those....

Now I'm in taper mode, today I will run 8 miles, tomorrow I'll run 5 miles and then no more then 3.5 miles on any given day until race day. The good news is I will be able to run my race pace for each run so I may not run long but I can run fast and sometimes that's just as good.

So Sr made a comment at the 5K that I have no kick. You know the final hurah at the end of a run where you pick up the pace and leave it all on the course. Yesterday I decided that at the end of my run I was going to see how far I can run fast fast fast.... and ya, I don't know how far it was but it was not that great. I figure this year I'll put in the milage and next year I'm going to focus on speed. I'd so love to run 7 min miles ... that would just rock my world.

I expect the next 11 days to be filled with anxious anticipation.... Not being able to really run it out will be hard too but great practice for the full in October.

Wish me luck! I've heard that taper can be a real B**ch!