Living at over 4000 feet for 18 months has paid off big time with my running times. Dropping 15 pounds also hasn't hurt much. Regardless I came back and resumed my old 5.4 mile loop around my parents neighborhood. Over Christmas I broke 45 minutes for the first time ever, and after returning from Africa in February I completed my course in under 42 minutes.
With the long term goal in mind of wanting to run a marathon, a barrage of events happening in the Midlands of South Carolina over the next month, and my job search in a "wait and see" mode I decided to sign up for a few events.
This morning I ran my first ever official race, the 10k Lexington Race Against Hunger. I completed the run in 46.09, besting my pace from my 5.4 mile run last week and averaging over 8 miles an hour. Pleased with my results I signed up for the Columbia "Famously Hot" Half Marathon to occur on March 10. It is a quick turn around and I'm not trained up for distance. I'm going to try to run 11-12 miles in the middle of this week to prepare for the 13.1 race. I'm really only hoping to average 10 minute miles in the half marathon so the hardest part is probably going to be forcing myself to run that slowly at the start.
With the long term goal in mind of wanting to run a marathon, a barrage of events happening in the Midlands of South Carolina over the next month, and my job search in a "wait and see" mode I decided to sign up for a few events.
This morning I ran my first ever official race, the 10k Lexington Race Against Hunger. I completed the run in 46.09, besting my pace from my 5.4 mile run last week and averaging over 8 miles an hour. Pleased with my results I signed up for the Columbia "Famously Hot" Half Marathon to occur on March 10. It is a quick turn around and I'm not trained up for distance. I'm going to try to run 11-12 miles in the middle of this week to prepare for the 13.1 race. I'm really only hoping to average 10 minute miles in the half marathon so the hardest part is probably going to be forcing myself to run that slowly at the start.
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