I haven’t written a blog post since last month’s race.

I would consider myself a private person and I’ve noticed the more I have to say, the less I write on here.  The more my head fills up, the less I want to put out here in words.

What brought me back to writing today was February’s race.

I was originally scheduled to run a 5k on the 11th, but a last minute trip shut down that option.  Then I was going to run the Groundhog 7 on the 12th, but a post-Super Bowl cold shut down that option as I was still in recovery.

Enter: The Polar Bear run in downtown Indianapolis.

My training runs have been less than stellar this month in terms of reaching my goals.  I haven’t gotten outside as much as I’ve wanted and the treadmill has been annoying me lately.  Wednesday group runs aren’t too bad and I’ve been ramping up the pace with mixed results.  My goal one of these Wednesdays is to keep up with the 11:30s the whole time.

This morning I started the race and just thought I’d see what I could do.  What I achieved was the best time I can remember on a 5k!

It was cold and windy this morning, with temps coming in at 27 degrees.  I was running late when I left the house and thought I might not even make the start of the race.  I couldn’t figure out where the start line was and I was just kind of wandering outside, but then finally got everything settled and got set up to go.

I ran the first mile all the way through and cut my usual 60 second intervals to only 40 or 20 seconds depending how my lungs were doing.

I finished strong and happy and was very happy I picked this race.

February Race
3 Miles
11:59 pace
35:57 total time