Week 3: Day 3 - Pink Flamingos and Such

No running today. Just some strength training (that makes it sound like it was easy), but I'll be back at it tomorrow. If you were curious (and even if you weren't), the 5K race that I am planning on participating in is the Throo the Zoo 5K Run/Walk on May 8th at 8:00am. I thought it would be pretty sweet to be running the race and checking out the flamingos at the same time!

I just had a thought...I suppose I should simply run the race with the goal of finishing. I'd like to be able to run all the way through without taking any walking breaks. However, having somewhat of a competitive nature, I think it would be motivating to set a time to beat. But what time??? Well, since I'm in my 3rd week of training now, that means I'm almost to the halfway mark of my preparation. So here's my idea: After week 4 I'll give the ol' 3.1 miler a test run. I'll set my very first personal record (PR) and after I see what I'm capable of (or not capable of) I'll make my race day goal to set a new PR. Sound good? It does to me. That's all that matters right? :) Until next time...

"Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it." -Oprah Winfrey