I completely slacked off last week and didn't make it to the race on Friday night. The race was scheduled at 7 p.m. It had been hot and humid all day (we were just finishing week 2 of heat advisories!) and I was exhausted. I didn't think it was a good/smart combo for a race so I skipped it.
This past week, I've logged a lot of miles, including a 6 mile run on Thursday outside, a 7 mile trail run on Saturday morning and on Saturday night I decided to register for a 5-miler race this morning (Sunday). The race is part of the local runner's club road race series. It's a series of several races: 2 x 5k - 2 x 5 miles - 2 x 10k - 2 x 10 miles - 2 x 1/2 marathons. I obviously missed the first two 5k's.
I raced the 5 miles in 37 minutes and 50 seconds. Not too shaby. I can't say that I enjoyed running the race though, as usual, I considered walking or even stopping and I cursed a good amount of the way and had the never ending internal non-sense dialogue/struggle... but I made it! :)
