I like to Run

But not in the rain.  This past weekend, I ran my first race of the year.  The Rock the Parkway 5K. I've never run a full marathon yet, but the goal is just that this year. I must say that I kind of impressed myself with my time. 3.1 miles in a little under 28 minutes. It was cold and wet and my focus was to just finish, then go back home and crawl into bed.  I'm not sure how most runners race, but I start out slow and really push it from the second half until the end. However, this race started mostly uphill, and when I add hills to my treadmill sessions, I generally add them in the second half of the run. I like to ease myself into it, but I guess being that I am determined to run Hospital Hill this year (fingers crossed for health and working joints and ligaments) I should probably scatter my hill practices. When I run outside, my courses are varied in inclines, so I guess my treadmill session should be also. But I use the hamster wheel to increase endurance and speed. Ah, whatever, I think I'm doing good. It's not like I'm trying to win anything. I guess I just want to run like I was able to in High School. And to think that I absolutely despised running.  It was such an awful endeavor to think about then.

I really want to run faster than what I did and the Trolley Run is April 28th.  My Dad asked what our goals were this year, and well, this is definitely one that I want to accomplish. And maybe a full marathon in the fall. If I do try for one, I will have to run it in another city. Definitely... maybe Chicago, nah, been there. The Marine Corp Marathon in DC, I LOVE DC. Maybe I can meet the President. That'd be cool!