10k

me & Georgette

Tomorrow, my tennis team is playing in the Regional Championships against a team from Cooperstown, NY. I’m playing with Georgette (whom I played with in Fla in April). If our team wins, we go to States and play in Syracuse in August. I’M NERVOUS!!!!!

And now for Five Foto Friday, RunningLaur-style. I have 5 cats. Here they are:

Jerry

Spooky

Slater

Honey

Billy

As for running…I ran 3.5 miles Tuesday after work and 4 miles yesterday after work. Tuesday it was very HUMID. Yesterday, the weather was perfect. Neither run was. As much as I try, I stop and walk when I get tired. I can’t get motivated to push myself if I am by myself. I’m debating the 10k option but I’m going to wait til the last minute to sign up for the Great Pumpkin Challenge on Oct 23. It’s a 5k and a 10K. I’m to start training after Aug 22 (unless my tennis team loses tomorrow) & I’ll see if I am capable of running 6.2 miles!

me & Mary

After my last race, Mary & I decided to be running partners. We made plans to run today at the Crossings and then race on Aug. 7 together. She wants to run a half in October. Unfortunately, she had to go to LA for a funeral and won’t be back til Aug. 14 😦

Happy Running!

This is my 3rd summer running. I’m still doing 5Ks!!!! I’m done 37 5k races and 3 3.5 mile races. The farthest I’ve run is 5 miles and that was with A LOT of walk breaks!!

Even those who just started are working toward 10ks and even 1/2 Marathons!!!

Should I run longer?

Pros:

It’s cool.
More prestige
finisher medals
others are doing it
I can use my giveaway prizes (Nathan handheld, GU…)
harder as you get older so do it now
it would be exciting
it would be a CHALLENGE

Cons:

there are more 5ks locally
I know I can run 5K
I can win an age group from time to time in 5k
I still want to improve my 5k pace
need to have a new training plan
need more time to train to run a longer distance
more chance of injury
don’t have a running partner to motivate me
need to carry stuff (water, energy gels, etc)
will I have stomach issues?
hard to schedule longer training runs (I work, I play tennis, I go boating on the weekend…)
5k is nothing to be ashamed of…better than staying in bed