I’ve entered my first 5K
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I’ve decided to give myself an extra bit of incentive to keep up with C25K by entering a 5K race at the end of March.
Oh boy, I never thought I would ever do this or even desire to do this!
I’ve selected the 1st race of the Run Auckland series for a few reasons:
1. It is pretty close to where I live.
2. It is on the 30th of March which is about two weeks after I’m scheduled to complete the C25K program.
3. It is the first race of a series. In moments of madness I like to think I may want to do a few more.
This is the route map:
Now I just need to pray it doesn’t rain.
February 7th, 2008 21:36
Rain? You can still run even if it rains right?
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February 7th, 2008 21:37
I can, but it will be wet. :p
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February 8th, 2008 07:16
Sounds like a good personal challenge.
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February 8th, 2008 09:42
Hopefully the first of many.
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February 8th, 2008 16:05
Great, good for you! Actually, I will be doing a 5K that same day, so we will be doing our first races on the same day! Very cool. (Although you will do yours about 18 hours ahead of me, of course – I am on the US East Coast.)
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February 8th, 2008 17:37
Great stuff Chiocciola!
Heh…judging by my form in the gym today I’m going to be the slowest runner there.
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February 8th, 2008 20:03
But you will be wet in any case
Well, I can always enter, that way you won’t be the slowest runner, I will!
Who cares if you are slow, right?
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February 8th, 2008 20:04
I don’t really care what speed I go at as long as I finish!
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February 8th, 2008 23:08
Great job! I still haven’t looked into races around here this spring (which is later than March in Minnesota!) but I do have that as a goal. Can’t wait to hear how you like it. Hopefully it will lead to more.
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February 8th, 2008 23:48
Oh hey, by the way Andrew the email address you use when you comment on my site may be wrong – I always get return failures from gmail when I try to email you. Use my contact form to send me your correct email.
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February 9th, 2008 17:33
Hey Andrew,
Great stuff, impressed with your determination & results. Now thinking of doing this race as well, considering that I run in that park (when i’m not too lazy
). So might see you there.
Good luck in any case!
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February 9th, 2008 17:48
Hey Dmitry! That would be great.
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February 10th, 2008 19:41
What the hell? I’ve subscribed do your blog’s feed and come to the site to find out what’s up and why you haven’t blogged for a while and I find out all these posts that I’ve missed out on! Entering a 5k n’all! Cor blimey!
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February 10th, 2008 19:50
And in a moment of madness on my end – if you do the Western Springs one on the 22nd of June, I’ll do it with you.
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February 11th, 2008 06:06
Whoo hoo…more motivation to keep running! Fear of being chicked by Marshmallow.
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February 11th, 2008 09:56
Hahaahha! But hey, you’d kick my ass when it comes to pushups, I’m hopeless at those things and always need to modify
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