Bucktown 5K ;)
Today Bobby and I ran in the Bucktown 5K! It was fun and I think we both did good considering our short amount of training or a total lack thereof in Bobby’s case. We both had our Nike+ in our shoes and calibrated them with our ipods yesterday so that we could track our time/miles/calories (the reason my info there says I only ran 4.8K instead of 5 is – I think – because I calibrated it wrong last night. I have to fix it tomorrow or Tuesday morning when I run again.
Also I had a hard time shutting mine off because I didn’t have an armband (I’m not sure Nike has come out with an armband for the new ipod nano – this is the old one) – I was trying to grab it out of a zippered pocket and since it’s the first time I’ve used it I had to fumble with it for a bit…that could be part of my big dip in pace at the end of the race (I had already crossed the finish line and was walking to the food tent)…that is my hypothesis – who knows! ha!.
Anyway long story short – I did the 5K in 30 minutes and Bobby did it in 25 minutes (official times to come later on the website since we had time chips attached to our shoes for this race). We both are happy we did it and know we can do better if we continue to train. This Nike+ thing is super cool because I am able to set up a training schedule for my next 5K and track my progress and goals and calories burnt…its motivation for me, so I’m glad it exists. I am signing up for another race today – The Hot Chocolate 5K – it’s on November 2. Even if I do 30 minutes again I hope I can be more consistent and not struggle as much with my breathing. I want to be stronger.
As an added bonus we saw Sang-woo, Rich, and Mike at the race so we chatted for a bit and decided to walk over to Moonshine and have some breakfast. We walked home a little bit ago and my legs are super sore…ouch!
I can’t believe you ran a 5k, I’m way way impressed. You rock sista. You can be my inspiration to get back into shape. (very soon)
I’m so proud of you guys…the fact that you set this goal, followed through with it, and now are even looking at how you can build on it for the next time is truly commendable…
Maybe a little of that dedication will rub off on me here soon!
and can I date Bobby for a couple weeks? I feel like I’d be so much more tech-savvy…Someday you guys are gonna have one of those like virtual houses with talking walls and a robot maid…
hey! yippie! im so proud of you, that is a great time! yeah, you always do better times in the actual race b/c of the environment, and your adrenaline is pumping, etc. its so much fun, i love them, i am so addicted! you’ll have to run for me this next 8 months or so since i wont be able to! so sad! but im glad i have you to do it for me! im so proud of you and b, keep it up!
sorry Justin, Bobby is taken! haha. and yeah, I would love a robot maid – though I doubt robots can clean as good as I do ;)
thanks everybody for your support. I am really into this, so I plan to keep doing it. Might have to join a gym this winter though because I dont see myself running in snow and ice…might break my neck….and then there would be no running for me.
We signed up for another race on Oct 25 – so I’m looking forward to that…hopefully that one wont kick my butt like this one did.
Way to go Shells!!! That’s awesome. Good luck with all the running girl!! I’m so not a runner so I think that is great. Molly will be in Chicago this weekend for the Marathon. Her and 3 other friends of mine are running it.