Today, I decided to take my running training to the next level and attempt 5k on the pavement. I mean, let's face it, the actual event won't be on a treadmill. I need to have a realistic view of what I'll be experiencing in a month. I dropped my son off at school and parked my car in the lot for the trail. I know that right off the bat I was sprinting because I was almost instantly winded. It's a lot easier to keep a constant pace on the treadmill! Once I finally settled on a decent jog, I could go for roughly quarter mile stretches of actual running before needing to walk. Also, having not run the trail before and no HRM to tell me how far I was going, I had to rely on the nowhere near evenly spaced markers provided along the way. I was so happy when I finally reached 1.6 miles and I could turn around. At least then I knew all I had to do was make it to the car! When it was all said and done and I reached the car again, I had run 5k (3.1 miles) in a little under an hour. (Insert happy dance)
The rest of the day was spent bathing the little girl and having lunch at Zaxby's before picking up the boy. I was so excited to eat Zaxby's because the Zensation Zalad is back for a limited time. I completely forgot that their zalads are always better if you get them to go, so I was thouroughly disappointed in my food.
After swinging by the school, we picked up a part for the Corolla at the salvage yard that will be put on this weekend so that we will have 2 cars again once the rental goes back. I spoke to the adjuster today, so things should be all wrapped up from the accident in a couple more weeks. Hubby is negotiating the value of my car and they are waiting to see if anything else needs to be done with my shoulder. I'm ready for it all to be over.
Speaking of over, I can't keep my eyes open for much longer, so I bid you all goodnight!
Yay for your first 5k on pavement! Me and mat damon the 2nd are becoming close friends again.
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