Hooray for the sub-11
Beautiful day today! A surprising sunny, dry and 50’s even though there was a hard frost this AM. Of course, by the time I got out of work the sun was gone, but the temp had only dropped to about 45F. I was psyched for 2 miles - it was the first time on the 5K schedule and only the second time I’d even run that far. I have this total lack of being able to sense my pace at this point, but I knew that the last time I ran 2 miles it was very comfortable when I did it in 22:31 - so I wanted to do it a little faster this time. Consequently, this was not a comfortable run I kept thinking, “I have no idea if I’m actually running any faster, but I sure feel shitty so God I hope so!” Even so, I felt like I stayed fairly strong till the last quarter mile, then I was really having to push. When all was said and done I finished it in 20:29 and felt very happy that I was in fact running a little faster and not just flailing about.
Today’s Run: Happy Blah Whining
Garmin says:
Distance: 2.01
Time: 20:29
Avg. Pace: 10:12
I got a postcard from Team in Training today regarding kind of an “early bird” opportunity to get started with a coach, fundraising, etc. for some races next year. I think it was shortly after I had read about TNT on Marshall’s Blog last spring that I happened to get a mailing from them and followed up with some interest. Shortly thereafter came the stress fracture, so TNT was yet another plan I had to shitcan. Anyway, I’m not sure, but I can’t help but reconsider it now that this little postcard dropped out of the sky again. One of the initial misgivings I had was the marathon thing - it’s just not something that’s in my consciousness right now. I don’t rule it out down the road but it’s not anything I want to rush into. Anyway, one of the participating races next year is the Lake Placid Half Marathon. Now Lake Placid is just a couple of hours up the road from me and a half marathon seems totally doable in light of the fact that I am already planning the 15K Boilermaker not but a month later. My other big concern is the fundraising - I work at a not-for-profit, shoestring corporation that serves rural communities. The company and the employees don’t have a whole lot of donation ability, even as much as their hearts would be in the right place. I don’t have alot of family left, and I don’t (by choice) have a big (or even medium size) circle of friends. All in all, I fall short on alot of the standard sources for fundraising. I would love to support such a worthy cause, hell - in my line of work, I would like to support every cause that supports people with cancers and other life-limiting illnesses. So I am fearful that I will sign on and then not be able to meet the need. Anyway, I am mulling it over - I think it would be sensationally cool to do - so I will probably check out the meeting on Dec. 6 regarding going forward and see where it all takes me.
Comment by Chris Brogan...
Tuesday November 23 2004 @ 11:42 pm
Don’t forget that you belong to the RBF. You have over 100 runners, several of us raise money for charities. Seems like a good time to put a little PayPal donation box on your site, or… Mark the Blogfather might know the link to that online site that helps you set up contributions to charities without much fuss. In fact, you could probably google it, if you came up with worthwhile search criteria.