July 5k Recap

hot air balloon!

Saturday I ran the only 5k I'll do in July. I had planned on running the 4th of July 5k I ran (ok, walked) last year to start out my 40 by 40 goal. The course was changed for this year, so it would have been a whole new race. Unfortunately, Mr M had to work and my babysitter forgot (and I didn't remind her like I should have since I asked her to sit two weeks prior). So it didn't happen.

I ran this 5k two years ago and I hadn't planned on doing it this year since I couldn't think of any distinguishing points for it. But since I wasn't able to do the 4th of July race I decided I needed to do this one anyway so I could stay on track with my numbers.

This 5k is an out-and-back race that is mostly rolling down hills on the way out and mostly rolling uphills on the way back. So, not an easy race. I've been spending so much time and energy on the chicken coop, trying to finally get that thing finished, that I've been neglecting my training. Despite that, I did manage some time on the treadmill one day last week as well as a hike on another day.

We were in town for an oil change, so we headed out to the trail the boys and I walked in June.  The weather took our hike to new levels. 93* plus 80% humidity meant we were sweating copiously before we got out of the parking lot. Even the boys were sweating, just sitting in the stroller. Sunshine was a trooper, but was much happier going down than up. Finding wineberry vines (canes?) on our way down may have helped. This was the first time I've had them and I thought they were good- similar to red raspberries, but just a bit sweeter.

All that to say that pushing the boys uphill for two miles seems to have strengthened my leg muscles. My usual modus operandi in races these days is to run the downhill portions and walk the uphill portions. Saturday I was able to run some of the uphills, despite my serious lack of training. I'm crediting the two recent hikes up the mountain, and now I need to figure out how to squeeze a monthly trip up the mountain into our schedule. There's actually a race that's run up that trail, though the last mile is on a private road and even steeper. Part of me would like to do the race, but I'd end up walking most of it.

I fully expected my legs to be super tired and leaden while running, but that wasn't the case. I worked very hard on the chicken coop and run a good portion of Friday and was so tired when I went to bed that night. Despite a poor night's sleep I felt good during the race and was less than 30 seconds slower than the first time I ran it (35:27). I went into the race with low expectations and finished feeling good and pleased with my efforts.

I ran 3.11 miles in 35:53. The weather wasn't great- low 70s with 90% humidity, but the volunteers on the course handed out cups of ice water, which I dumped on my head, front, and back. That went a long ways towards helping me not feel so over-heated.
1st mile: 10:23
2nd mile: 11:53
3rd mile: 12:36

16th Race of 2016

Month	Event	Time
January	New Year’s Day 5k	33:01
February	Frostbite 5k	37:37
February	Mud Run	1:35:37
March	4k Walk	33:19
March	March 5k	33:49
March	Pi Day Virtual 5k	1:01:30
March	Obstacle Race	44:06
April	Glow Run	35:16
April	April 5k	41:15
April	Evening Run	34:59
May	May 5k	35:18
May	Evening Cross Country Race	43:17
June	June 5k	39:21
June	1 Mile Glow Run	11:38
June	Vineyard 5k	39:10
July	July 5k	35:53

28th Race of my 40 by 40 Goal

	Date	Event	Distance	Event Type
1.	July 2015	4th of July 5k	5k	Pregnant
2.	August	4 Mile Fun Run	4 miles	Road Race
3.	September	All Terrain	5k	Mixed surface
4.	October	Hill Valley Half	13.1 miles	Virtual half marathon
5.	October	Corn Maze 5k	5k	Corn Maze
6.	October	Kilted Trail 5k	5k	Kilted race
7.	November	Trail Half	13.6 miles	Trail Half
8.	November	Turkey Trot	5k	Road Race
9.	December	Veteran’s 5k	5k	Mixed surface
10.	December	Army Virtual Marathon	26.23 miles	Virtual marathon
11.	January 2016	New Year’s Day 5k	5k	Road race
12.	February	Frostbite 5k	5k	Cross country race
13.	February	Mud Run	4.8 miles	Mud run
14.	March	4k Walk	4k	Walk
15.	March	March 5k	5k	Road race
16.	March	Pi Day Virtual 5k	5k	Virtual 5k Walk
17.	March	10 mile race	Not applicable	Water stop volunteer
18.	March	Obstacle Race	5k	Obstacle run
19.	April	Glow Run	5k	Glow Run, 1st of 2 races in 12 hours
20.	April	April 5k	5k	Pushing jogger, 2nd of 2 races in 12 hours
21.	April	Evening Run	5k	Evening run
22.	May	10k Kayak Race	10k	Kayak race
23.	May	May 5k	5k	1st of 2 races in same day
24.	May	Evening CC Race	5k	Evening cross country, 2nd of 2 races in same day
25.	June	June 5k	5k	Pushing jogger, 1st of 2 races in same day
26.	June	1 Mile Glow Run	1 mile	Pushing jogger with both boys, 2nd of 2 races in same day, glow run
27.	June	Vineyard 5k	5k	Vineyard run
28.	July	July 5k	5k	Road race