Last weekend was the Heart & Sole Classic hosted by the Olathe Running Club, it was a 5 and 10K race through the scenic areas of old downtown Olathe, KS. It was a beautiful day with slightly cloudy skies and a temperature somewhere in the upper 50's...perfect weather to run! Not sure how many participants there were although what was really cool was the number of kids that were out and running the race. Apparently there is a fitness program in the school district that got these kids out of bed because they all seemed to be wearing "team" shirts with their school name, even the teachers were out in force. I enjoyed this because for one, several of those little kids beat me and the other is that as a parent of a 5 month old I have some hope that physical education and fitness is still being taught in the schools...now if we could just get back to focusing on music and the arts!
For the me race was a bit of a milestone because it was the first time I did not take a walk break in the three miles! I did slow down for a few seconds to grab water but other than that I plodded along listening to Kelownagurl's podcast. I don't think I am at a point where I would say the 5K distance is easy, mainly because I am still very slow (32 minutes), but the miles are starting to go by without as much strain as they did just a couple of months ago.
Coming up I have three races on the Calendar: the Amy Thompson 8K on Memorial Day, the Start2Finish 5k and the Course of Dreams 5K which is a cross country race, that should be interesting. I am also planning for a trail 5K called the Intro to Trail put on by the folks over at PsychoWyco...I think I will have a lot of fun at that one, I would like to mix in some trail running on a regular basis.
Well...off to work! Thanks for reading and if you are not already following me on Twitter please do!
well done ! keep it up !
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