5th Time

Last night I went in for the fifth time to pick up my race bib for the St. Patrick’s Day 5k. I am not saying I have done five 5K (I have done a heck of a lot more than that). This particular race holds a very near and dear spot for me. This was my very first 5K. My pace has stayed pretty much the same the entire time (ok, one year I was down to 32 minutes and then next I was up to 38 minutes). This year I will be happy if I stay under 40! This is a training run; I just recently got back into running after a hand full of month hiatus.

	2007
1	17 Mar 07	St. Patrick’s 5K	0:36:45
	2008
11	15 Mar 08	St. Patrick’s 5K	0:36:46
	2009
22	14 Mar 09	St. Patrick’s 5K	0:32:38
	2010
37	12 Mar 10	St. Patrick’s 5K	0:38:21
	2011
44	12 Mar 11	St. Patrick’s 5K	???

This will also be my 44^th race since starting! (I told you I have done a few more 5Ks than just these five!!!). I might be somewhere around the same weight as I was when I started, but I am a completely different shape. Not to mention in most instances my health is a million times better!

Yesterday I got about an hour of cross training in. I did a warm-up and cool down on the elliptical machine with a good lower body weight session in between. This morning my hips are letting me know they got a good workout yesterday! J My obliques are talking to me too. It feels great! I have arranged with my sister to pick me up after my run this afternoon but I am not 100% sure I will be able to run outside today. Talk about windy! I think I heard on the news this morning we are having gusts of over 50 mph. Driving around this morning my poor little car couldn’t stay where I wanted it to. And then walking about side I had to hold onto everything for dear life! Not that it is a huge deal if I don’t make it, I think I could suffer through a Sunday morning run!

Next week will be on the entertaining side because it is finals week. I took the picture with my cell phone of a rendered image of my final project. I am taking a 3D animation class (gotta love getting a degree in visual communications!!!!). I need to finish my Farris wheel from hell (as far as I am concerned all Farris wheels are from hell, I hate the damn things!). And I have a few more things to finish up and then I am done with this quarter! YAY!!! This weekend into next week gets bumpy.

Here is to my 5^th running of the St Patrick’s Day 5K and keep my insanity during finals week!

OH! And Bicycle Village is having their HUGE sale this weekend in Colorado Springs!