Fat Tuesday!

I feel like I truly had a "Fat Tuesday" yesterday: I didn't eat well and I didn't run.  There were 5 miles on the schedule, but I ended up doing chores well into the late evening instead.  I'm also feeling a little sensitivity in my right knee and on the left side of my right foot - I'm wondering if I didn't push a little too hard during the race on Saturday...?  I'm hoping to squeeze in some time on the treadmill tonight and see how they feel, but some friends are coming over to help install the new BBQ, and I'm not sure how long that's gonna take.  My family's visiting this weekend, and arriving tomorrow, which means there's also some last-minute cleaning in our future this evening once everyone else leaves.

If you lived here, you'd be home by now...

During the race this morning, as I reached the turnaround point for the people running the 5K, I had to fight the impulse to say "screw it" and turn around with them.  But I sucked it up and plodded on, knowing that I needed to get my 6 miles done today.  When I hit the 3-mile marker on the race course, I thought about those signs you see on apartment complexes that say "If you lived here, you'd be home by now" and couldn't help but have the same thought in relation to the race - if I'd signed up for the 5K, I'd be done by now.  But no, it was the 10K course I was charting...

And, wuhoo!  Just another 5K later, I was there, crossing the finish line, having completed my goal and feeling great.  I checked my Garmin, and WOW!  Even though I'd been "taking it easy" because I was worried about having the stamina to get the mileage in (since I hadn't been building like I should have been), I'd managed to shave 0:04:30 off my old 10K PR.  Awesome!

It was a fun, flat, race (although not the most scenic - mainly through the Design District). It's also the site of the annual competition between the DFD and DPD, so there was plenty of eye candy along the way...  The $10 registration fee (for DRC members) included a technical tee with the race logo.  After the race they had breakfast tacos, Krispy Kreme donuts, Clif shot blocks, fruit, water, and beer (I passed on the beer seeing as how it was 10:30am and cold) -  talk about major bang for your buck!  I definitely plan on running it again next year, and recommend it to others!

Today's Race stats:

• Official Results: 10K; 1:17:26; 12:28min/mi avg pace 
• Garmin: 6.20mi; 1:17:28; 12:30 min/mi avg pace

Racing Through Time...

March is going to be a month packed with races.  Three out of four weekends this month I'm running in something, starting this weekend:

• Trinity River Levee Run 10K - 3/5
• Leaping Leprechaun 5K - 3/12
• Dallas Rock'n'Roll Half Marathon Relay - 3/27

I'm really looking forward to participating in each one since I'll be running with family and friends (although if I'm being honest, I'm only doing the TRL run so that I can fill an empty page in my running scrapbook before RnR [insert sheepish smile here]...)!

I had a good run tonight since it was the first chance I've had to run outside in quite a while!  Even with a lack of "speedy" running the last couple of weeks because of being sick and traveling, I still managed to pull out a pretty darn fast 3 miles - first time EVER that I've had an under 12 min/mi avg - woot, woot!!!  Granted it was just barely under 12, but hey, it's still under!

Today's stats:

• 10 min warm-up walk
• 3 mi; 35:57 min; 11:59 min/mi avg