Saturday I ran a trail 5k through a vineyard, in costume. It was advertised as having rolling hills, but that was a lie. There was lots of hills, and they weren't rolling. So yeah, it was more challenging than I expected. I did manage to run the first mile before the hills knocked me down a notch and I started walking.
Two years ago I ran a Halloween 5k in full Jedi Knight gear, and decided then and there that I needed to come up with a more running friendly costume. That Halloween race wasn't run last year (or this, for that matter), so I had to find a new Halloween race that I could wear a costume in. I found one at a vineyard in the area, but as I mentioned, it was a very hilly course. And randomly, the shirt fits really well, but it has "I run for wine" on the back :( Guess that's what I get for running a race that offered wine as the post-race refreshments. Yeah, you could get a glass of wine, but there were no bananas or oranges to be seen. Don't think I'll be running this one again.
Back to where I was going with the costume issue. Since I didn't run a Halloween race last year, I didn't worry about the costume thing until this year. And this year I opted for an R2D2 shirt and hat, and a matching sparkle shirt. Since it was on the cool side, I layered navy capri tights and a navy long sleeve shirt under the t-shirt and skirt. It was a perfect outfit for running and I'll be wearing it again, minus the hat. I almost never wear a hat or gloves while running, because I overheat, and it was not cold enough to make wearing a hat comfortable. So the hat will be staying home unless it's below freezing. And if I can convince Sunshine to give it back- she's decided she needs to have it and is wearing it all the time.
I did hills on the treadmill Wednesday night and then hiked some hills with the kiddos Thursday morning. Both good workouts, but my legs were a bit more tired than I would have liked given how challenging the course was. I need to pay more attention to the difficulty of the hikes we go on just before races.
I also broke my pinky toe Monday. My spatial awareness isn't great and this wasn't the first time I've caught a protruding corner hard enough to break a pinky toe. Both have been broken multiple times. It hurt, but didn't give me too many problems until Thursday. When we got home after our hike my toe was hurting and it's been aching ever since. The uneven surfaces we covered during our hike were not good for my poor battered toe. Oops. It didn't interfere with my running, though I could tell that it wasn't happy when I was running diagonally up a hill. It's feeling better today though.
I ran 3.03 miles in 37:06.
1st mile- 10:52
2nd mile- 13:30
3rd mile- 12:34
Last week's mileage:
I did 4 workouts and had 2 work days. I had planned on staining the treehouse Monday but it was too windy. Wind + spraying stain = recipe for disaster. Wednesday I was able to do some staining, but I ran out of stain before finishing the job. I got more stain on Thursday after our hike, but it started raining just as we got to Lowes. So no staining on Thursday. Luckily the rain was pretty light, the breeze wasn't too bad, and I was able to finish staining the treehouse Friday. More on that soon.
We hiked new trails at our local trail park. It was hilly and more challenging than our usual routes, but we got to walk along a stream and we found a really old car in the middle of the woods. At 2.3 miles this was the longest hike we've done at this park, and River was dragging towards the end, but he made it!
Monday- treadmill walk & run 3.61 miles all together, ran 1 of those miles
Wednesday- stained part of the treehouse, treadmill walk hills 4.07 miles
Thursday- hiked 2.3 miles
Friday- finished staining the rest of the treehouse
Saturday- Halloween 5k - 3.03 miles
total miles for the week: 13.01 miles
26th Race in 2016
Month
|
Event
|
Time
|
|
1.
|
January
|
New
Year’s Day 5k
|
33:01
|
2.
|
February
|
Frostbite
5k
|
37:37
|
3.
|
February
|
Mud
Run
|
1:35:37
|
4.
|
March
|
4k
Walk
|
33:19
|
5.
|
March
|
March
5k
|
33:49
|
6.
|
March
|
Pi
Day Virtual 5k
|
1:01:30
|
7.
|
March
|
Obstacle
Race
|
44:06
|
8.
|
April
|
Glow
Run
|
35:16
|
9.
|
April
|
April
5k
|
41:15
|
10.
|
April
|
Evening
Run
|
34:59
|
11.
|
May
|
May
5k
|
35:18
|
12.
|
May
|
Evening
Cross Country Race
|
43:17
|
13.
|
June
|
June
5k
|
39:21
|
14.
|
June
|
1
Mile Glow Run
|
11:38
|
15.
|
June
|
Vineyard
5k
|
39:10
|
16.
|
July
|
July
5k
|
35:53
|
17.
|
August
|
Predict
Your Time 5k
|
37:41
|
18.
|
August
|
August
5k
|
35:45
|
19.
|
August
|
NPS
100th Virtual 10k
|
1:49:17
|
20.
|
August
|
4
Mile Run
|
45:20
|
21.
|
September
|
Labor
Day 5k
|
46:54
|
22.
|
September
|
1
Mile Color Run
|
18:25
|
23.
|
September
|
3.5
Mile Trail Run
|
41:07
|
24.
|
October
|
Run
Long & Prosper Virtual 5k
|
49:55
|
25.
|
October
|
Flat
Trail 5k
|
33:47
|
26.
|
October
|
Halloween
Trail 5k
|
37:06
|
.
38th race towards 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, 1st in age group
|
6.
|
October
|
Kilted Trail 5k
|
5k
|
Kilted race
|
7.
|
November
|
Trail Half
|
13.6 miles
|
Trail Half, last finisher
|
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
|
29.
|
August
|
Predict Your Time 5k
|
5k
|
Predict your time
|
30.
|
August
|
August 5k
|
5k
|
Road race
|
31.
|
August
|
NPS 100th Virtual 10k
|
10k
|
Virtual 10k run
|
32.
|
August
|
4 Mile Run
|
4 miles
|
Road race
|
33.
|
September
|
Labor Day 5k
|
5k
|
With all 3 kiddos
|
34.
|
September
|
1 Mile Color Run
|
1 mile
|
Color run, Sunshine’s first solo race, River’s first race
|
35.
|
September
|
3.5 Mile Trail Run
|
3.5 miles
|
Trail run
|
36.
|
October
|
Run Long & Prosper Virtual 5k
|
5k
|
Virtual 5k run
|
37.
|
October
|
Flat Trail 5k
|
5k
|
Travel to race, trail run, ran w/o stopping, 2nd
in age group
|
38.
|
October
|
Halloween Trail 5k
|
5k
|
Trail run, in costume, in a vineyard
|