This past weekend, I ran the 5K as part of the Cap City Half Marathon event. Prior to this race, I had run just six other organized races (all 5Ks) but none as big an event as this one. May is a good month for runners who are marathon training to actually put their performance…
A few months back, I had signed up to run two 5K races in the same weekend; one on a Saturday morning and the second on Sunday morning. At the time, I thought with all my training and continued high intensity interval training, I could do this! I knew that Saturday’s race would be a…
Here we are on the verge of Spring and my running regiment continues. In the Midwest, the warmer weather is trying to break through but Mother Nature still has some fight left in her. Seems the sunny days are outnumbered by less than ideal spring temperatures, but regardless, my running is in full swing. I…
When I decided I was going to run the Hot Chocolate Race, I had one goal and one goal only. It was to cross over the finish line if I had to crawl, be dragged or walk/run myself. So, it was only fitting that once I completed the 5K, I felt it time to have…
Today was the day … it had finally come. The Hot Chocolate 5K race had a staggered start with the faster paced runners starting off first; then about every three minutes the next group will begin and so on. My actual run time is marked with the timing child in my racing bib. Stepping over the start marker starts my own…