Goal in the Works - 5k

While we are here in Florida, I went ahead and signed up for a 5k. My first competitive run on my way to accomplish 30 competitive miles by the time I'm 30 as well as preparation for the half marathon in February. My mom has also started running so we signed up to do the run together. The run was part of a surfing competition going on at Jacksonville Beach so it was appropriately named the Surf and Sun Run. What a gorgeous morning for a run!

So overall I did decent although I wasn't very happy with my performance. Derrick keeps telling me not to be so hard on myself. I hadn't run in a week and it was a very busy weekend with a bit of wine. But I have to be hard on myself to keep myself in check.
I have never run on a beach before. I enjoyed the fresh salty air however, the beach is at a slight angle so going the first half I had a lot of pressure on my left leg and coming back it was on my right leg. Something I had not considered. I managed to run the first 12 minutes and then took a minute walking break. Then ran another 12 minutes and took a 30 second walking break. Ran 8 minutes and another 30 second walking break. Then ran the rest of the way in. My final time was 39 minutes 23 seconds. Like I said, decent. That's about a 13 minute mile.

 

When I finished I continued running. I circled around and went back to Mom to run the rest of what she had left with her. After all, we were doing the run together. :-)