My first 5K approaches
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I’ve got my first ever 5K race coming up on Sunday. It’s the first race in a series of six and I’m really looking forward to it. It’s only been a few months since I started running and now I’m going to run a race. It’s very exciting actually.
One thing I have noticed is that the more I run outside the more I adjust my expectations downward. I did some really quick (by my standards) times on the treadmill but since I’ve started running outside my times have been a lot slower. I think the hills are what are slowing me down. 
I’m having a bit of trouble judging how fast to run I think so I’m hoping my new Garmin will help me pace my runs better.
Speaking of which, I completed my second run of week 02 of the One Hour Runner program yesterday and I used my Garmin for the first time. I decided to go for a run in the Auckland Domain again. It was the toughest run I’ve done in quite a while for some reason. I was fine for the first two kilometers but the last three were extremely tough and I really struggled to complete them. It didn’t help that there were about a thousand school kids milling around as there was some event on. Oh well, I guess they can’t all be brilliant runs.
I’m still trying to figure out how to use the data from my Garmin effectively. There are a few different sites and applications that you can use to upload data and analyse it. I haven’t quite had the time to sort through and play with them yet. Anyone have any recommendations?
