A 5K!!

What do I expect?

Here’s some history:

• Run Off That Turkey 5K (Nov 2011) – 28:11 – the last time I ran a 5K healthy
• Albany Last Run 5K (Dec 2011) – 30:47 – started out healthy but tripped on a pothole & fell near the end of the race
• Freihofer Run for Women (June 2012) – 35:39 – first race after 5 months off running with broken ankle
• Helper’s Fund (Sept 2012)- 30:08 – making a comeback after ankle surgery
• Komen Race for the Cure (Oct 2012)- 30:54 – now I am running with a foot stress fracture (but still in denial)
• RW 5K (Oct 2012) – 35:32 – now I know I am running with a stress fracture
• Albany Last Run (Dec 2012) – 35:25 – first race after no running for weeks and recovering from a stress fracture

Because I have been training for my recently completed half marathon since my last 5K race (Dec 2012), I have not run fast very often. Even though I have run 3 other races since my last 5K: 10K, 4 mi, & a 7K, none done were with any remarkable speed.

You get to race the rowers on the river….

So I am guessing that I will finish the race between 32 and 35 minutes. (If I am lucky under 32 minutes.) No PR hopes. And that’s ok. I love racing and I plan to just have fun.

photo from last year’s race

The race is being held here:

Corning Bike Path on the Hudson

It would be really nice if the ice and snow were gone and the sun were shining!! Oops I’m not in Florida anymore.

tomorrow’s forecast

Happy Running! Do you like 5Ks? Do you run them?