After just and hour of sleep, my alarm went off this morning. Needless to say I hit the snooze button for an hour before I dragged myself out of bed. It is New Year's Day 2011 and I had a 5k scheduled. I have to admit, I talked myself in and out of attending it all day yesterday, but in the end I knew I would be disappointed in myself if I skipped it. So I got up, took a quick shower that was supposed to wake me up, but didn't and headed to the west side of Lansing.
The race was at Our Savoir Lutheran Church. They have a school and were raising money for the althetics department. It is over offSt. Joe behind Walmart - close to Grand Ledge. The course took us up Upton Rd, to Saginaw down to Broadbent and Broadbent back to St. Joe and the church. I told myself through the entire race - I better be happy I did it when I finish!!
I walked/ran it since I haven't ran a step since Lisa and didn't run in New Baltimore. But I still finished in my best time yet! 40:23. The Turkey Trot time was 45:27, Fantasy 5k was 41:19 and the Jingle Bell in Lansing was 41:56.
When the race was over, I stuck around to watch the awards ceremony. They are so casual it seems odd to call it a ceremony. Anyway, it was nice to see the people that were winning. And I was and still am happy with myself for going out there and doing it. It was hard because I was so tired and I realized once I was in the Jeep on the way there that I forgot to eat before I left and didn't bring water.
I wore my Thanskgiving Day race shirt - a few people commented on it and how nice it was.I felt like a real runner in my previous race shirt! :) At first when I got there today, it looked like only 50 people were there and they all looked like experienced runners, but the total was 224 by the beginning of the race and several people were at the same level as I am. About 50 people came in after me still.
I did this one alone today and with no training for a month - so I am really happy with my time. Laura and Kim are coming out for the Polar Bear 5k in Meridian Twp. on Jan 30. Lisa hasn't decided either way yet. But I am going to set a goal to finish in 39 minutes. That's not a big difference from today, but I should be able to do it. After that, I never want to be over 40 minutes again unless I am doing strictly a walk.
Next Sunday is the Playmakers training information night.The training starts Jan 15. I am definitely going to train with them. I am also considering canceling my gym membership and taking yoga classes instead. But I haven't decided yet. I have until January 20th to make that decision. I keep going back and forth with it. I would think Yoga would help my running though - stretch me out better.
I am so exhausted tonight, but I am staying up until 10:00 without a nap because I need to get my sleep schedule back on track. My New Year's resolution is to get more disciplined this year, so I can get the things I want to do done. Like be ready to run the half marathon in Detroit in October.
Cheers to 2011~ It is going to be a good year!
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