2 Weeks!

2 weeks to go. Hard to believe, only 2 weeks until my first 5k. Excited and scared. Today was my first decent run in the last week due to the heat. I'm sure I can be ready, but today was a lot of stops and starts after the first mile. I'll make it. I'm tough. I'm a fighter! 2.92 miles in 27:04, avereraged 9:17/mile. 8:01 first mile pace. I'd love to be able to keep that first mile for the entire time. I'm sure it will come with more running. 

Tomorrow I'm planning on going to Endurance House and checking out some new shoes. Next Sunday I'm going to head into Madison and hopefully run the route. 

Got a little crazy

So I got a little crazy today. Being that I really didn't so much yesterday other than mow the lawn I had some energy. Plus, it was one of those days at work where I just build up a lot of tension by the end of the day and need to release it. So I did my Les Mills Combat workout, only a half hour one today, and then I decided to go for a run. Now, at the end of August, summer decides to show up. So it's upper 80s with a heat index of hella hot. A nice quick run around the block. Well, 5 minutes and half an hour later my legs were about to kill me. Up hill, down hill. AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!! But what ever. The point is, even after a workout that left me soaked in sweat, and it being hot out, I still did a bit of a run. Only a couple weeks left. I'm starting to feel some pressure as I really haven't run on a road yet. I'm planning on scoping out the course in the next week or so, and hopefully running it next weekend. Time is getting short!

Oh! And I just looked in my e-mail box. Aparently I've run over 18 miles this month. Sweeeeeeet.

Race info

So, if you're looking to come out and support me in my first 5K, here's just some quick info.

Start time is 9am, starting and finishing the in the cul-de-sac between the Neilsen Tennis Center and the Goodman softball fields (800 Walnut St. is the closest address). This is near the UW Hospital & Clinics. Parking should be available in lots 60, 76 and 82.

Getting excited now. Finally found the course map. Given what I've been running lately, should finish around 25 minutes.

If you'd like to see the route, you can find it here.

I'm still looking for donations, so if you can help at all, please click on the link at the top of the page to help out.

Finishing strong

An interesting article I saw this morning about finishing strong.

Back to back

Wow! Two runs in two days! Nothing terribly exciting today. Again, another great morning to get out (I should have taken a picture). Took a bit of a different route today. Same starting place, but went the other direction on the trail. 2.95 miles. I just killed the first mile, then kind of dropped off from that. I'm not going to complain. I don't think I've done 2 days of running this well before. Then followed up the run with some Les Mills Combat, Shock Plyo and 20 minutes of Combat 60. Not too shabby. Tomorrow, other than maybe mowing the lawn, I'm laying low. Going to be a hot one next week, and I want to get out a couple of times during the week. Just have to see what happens.

I do have a question. I'd like to know my audience a bit. If you could just drop a comment that would be cool. I screen the comments before they get posted, and won't allow these ones to show. I'm just curious if you're someone I know or just a random person who has found this interesting. Thanks!

 

Limitations

The picture below is so true. This is a huge reason I'm doing what I do. I've broken down what limits me. I set my goals and charge at them. I reach one goal, I set another. I set goals on top of goals. I look toward the future, not at the past.

So much excitement!

Well, started off the day by buying a couple of domain names. Starting today, you can go to www.runningliketheresnotomorrow.com and be taken directly to my main running blog. I figured if this is something I'm going to be doing more and more of, why not make things a bit easier instead of having to remember to tell people the entire address. So that was cool.

Went on a run today. 3.02 miles. Not my fastest, 27:03, but it was after work and it was probably the warmest it's been, right around 80. Generally I run in the morning and it's only been in the mid 60s to low 70s. All things considered, not bad. I'm happy with it. Average pace was 8:57, a little slow, but again, time and temperature. I'm still happy with it. It felt really good to run after work.

Only 21 days left! Don't forget to visit my donation site and help me raise some money for cancer research.