Boy am I glad I signed up for G’s Virtual 5k  at http://nofsahmof3.blogspot.com/2010/06/virtual-half-half-racerun.html

I hadn’t run since Saturday.  That’s unusual for me.  I usually run every other day.  But sometimes, life gets in the way. This week, it was tennis.

In fact, yesterday morning I was scheduled to play tennis but my husband gladly subbed for me.

He left to play tennis and I had my breakfast (hot cereal & latte) and some H2O.   It was very humid (95%) but not too warm and there was a light breeze.  I grabbed my iPod and set it to 5k and headed out for my favorite morning route – through my neighborhood and out to a main countryish road (fairly flat with a few hills) and then home.

starting my run in front of my house

I felt really strong (maybe I needed those 4 days off) so I went a little farther than 5k – 3.5 miles.  My lungs felt the layoff but my legs were great.  Too bad I had to go to work. My morning run kept me energized all day!!!

Midway through the day, I remembered that I signed up for this Virtual Race!

So here’s my 5k time – 32.30 – not my usual 5k race pace.  I always run slower by myself. I need  others to motivate me to speed up.

Thanks to G for getting me  racing.

Happy Running!