{St. Patrick's 5K} Goal

My goal for the St. Patrick's 5K on Saturday is under 28:21 (my time from last year). I believe this is a challenging enough goal. Hopefully Preston approved. I haven't ran it by him yet and he gets the final say. Preston is my goal setter. He doesn't let me cop out and set a ridiculously easy goal like I tried to do in the Take 5 it the Garden last year.

I do have some general concerns about Saturday.  Let me share them with you.

1. Ashley and I haven't ran at all, not even once, outside this year. What can I say, we love our treadmills! 

2. I am very bad at keeping a pace. I will rely on Ashley for this. I usually start too strong which leads to a painful ending.  See number 3.

3. I am making sure I stay hydrated this week so I don't puke at the end of the race. Water is my best friend. See number 2.

4. I am excited to try out my new Garmin Forerunner watch! Because I don't have the foot pod I have not been using it at the gym. I am excited to see what it all does, but I hope I can read what it's saying while running. Also I am a tad bit concerned that I don't know how to work it properly.  

5. For now, I will have my ginormous iPhone straped to my arm for music. I really wish I had an iPod Nano or something smaller in size. 

6. I am not going to use my iPhone Runner App. I am going to solely rely on my watch. See number 4.

7. I hope the weather is nice. Nothing worse than running in cold weather and having your lungs freeze off.

8. I am already anxious about the warm-up. I do not know if I run better on fresh-out-of-the-gate legs or warn in legs? Yikes I better do some research aka googling.

9.  The fear of all runners- I hope I don't have to go to the bathroom in the middle of the race! 

I hope everyone has a good race! See you Saturday! 

Race Calendar: 2011

Ashley and I officially have our race schedule set for 2011! Our goal is to run one race each month starting in March and ending in September.

The one exception is the month of May. Three major events are taking place in May- my little sis (who is all grown up now) graduates from college, Preston and I are going on vacation to... you guessed it Las Vegas and last but not least we have camping spots reserved at Pueblo Reservoir for Memorial Day! All of these events leave little to no room to train for a race.

At the beginning of the year Ashley and I talked about running a half marathon. We thought this would be our big 2011 fitness goal. But after reviewing our schedules, the half marathons available in non-freezing months and evaluating our true love to hate passion for running we decided to veto the half marathon. Maybe next year.

In its place we added... WARRIOR DASH!!!! This obstacle course type race will go down in Hollis/Fetter's history and be talked about for decades. Why do you ask? This will be Preston and Josh's first 5K!

I am already super excitednervous for the first race in March. It's more enjoyable and a little less nerve-racking to start a race with a pack of friends, let me know if you too are planning on running in any of the races!