I ran a lot over the weekend. Well, kind of a lot. 3 days in a row. But it felt like a lot, and it felt GOOD.
On Friday, I ran a quick 3.5 after work. Once again, I did 10:1s, thinking that it would force me to keep my pace a little slower. Once again, I was wrong. I ran 3.5 in 34:54, with an average pace of 10:02. Oops. : ) And then on Saturday was the Running Room’s St. Patty’s Day 5K/10K race—one loop or two around Lake Calhoun. They closed down the parkway around the lake super early, so Abe and I ended up parking in Uptown. Luckily, we parked near Val and John and were able to walk to the start line with them.
So, as we were walking halfway around the lake to the start line, we saw the pack start! We kept walking until we saw Steph, and then just jumped in. I had forgotten my race number at home, so it really didn’t matter. We just hopped in and started running.
We decided on the walk over to only do the 5K, since we were running 12 miles the next day. It seemed foolish to expend ourselves for a 10K race when the long run is what matters most, anyway. So, we only did the 5K. But because we never actually started at the start line, our 5K was a 2.6 mile race. It was still fun. Pictures to follow.
Sunday, we did our Bunny Run. It was a great run, and much better than the last time we did it. My knee started feeling twingey around mile 10, but I made it through. I had to slow my pace way down to 12 min/mile, but I managed to get it done. I’ll have to really baby it for the rest of this week, so that I can do 16 on Sunday!
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