Sunday, March 18, 2007

Not so official - 5K

So the Ras was on today, and despite the snow from earlier in the week it was a great success. Very busy two days for me and suffering from a toothache only made the days go slower.

I knew quite a few people running today, so it was great to catch up and see them. Conor ran with some folks from work, and after my official duties I joined them in the Sligo for a few (sprite for me), plenty of Guinness for them.

My intentions were to do a medium length run in the afternoon when home, but when I got back I really did not feel like running. I forced myself to get decked out in my running attire and at least get in a few miles.

I had some really fast paced songs going on my i-pod so I decided to go with the flow and run a hard 5k myself, while not official, it was fun to run at a little faster pace than my regular running days.

Ending up with a time of 27:01 which was great considering the number of times I had to wait at traffic lights.

Felt great working up a sweat and finally after a drink free weekend, enjoyed some great red wine, before falling asleep very early.

Weather: 32F
Avg Pace: 8:42
Avg HR: 147
Max HR: 165

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