Sunday, April 3, 2011

Ready or not, 5k I come!

So this coming Saturday is my first 5k!  It's the Cary Road Race and I'm super excited.  I wasn't before, but I'm anticipating the feeling I will get when I cross the finish line!  :)

Now I have been doing my runs on a treadmill, which is different than the outdoors I know.  Also in my runs I have not been able to maintain a pace that gets me to that 3.1 miles in my 30 minutes.  SO I imagine I will need to take this race slow, walk at times and overall just make sure I finish it!  I'm going to be running with my Dad, which is really cool.  I guess I'm just setting myself up not to be disappointed in the time it takes me to finish.  I am however going to push myself to not walk. 

I'm not going to change the way I eat or the exercise I do this week, only adjustment is not doing anything on Friday for the day prior to the race.  I plan on eating some oatmeal or maybe toast with some peanut butter and a banana before hand.  I also want to run over to TJ Maxx tomorrow to get a different top.  I usually run in t-shirts indoors where the A/C is on 65 degrees!  Since the weather is much warmer this week, I feel like I will need to test out my running shorts I've had for a while and a new top.  I would hate to use new clothes the day of.. need to see how it makes me feel first.

Anyway.. the countdown begins!  Looking forward to this week and my weigh-in on Thursday.  Wishes for a great week for all you out there!

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