Final tuneup for my 5K

I'm actually gonna go for time today, I have measured out a 5K at work and going to run it during my lunch break (I bring my lunch anyway, so I can eat at my desk while working). Wish me luck. My goal for today is to run the 5K in 21 minutes even. If I can do that, it is a 7 minute mile, or for all you tred mill people out there, an average of 8.6 mph. That's a little higher then I'm used to. I usually average 22:30 minutes which is an 8.3 mph average. Sounds small, I know, but when you have been running at a certain pace for so long, adding 3/10's of a mph to it is hard.

My race is this saturday at 9:00 am, I'm nervous and excited all at the same time. I don't know what normal times are for the race, but I am hoping to set a good pace for the rest of my races this summer. (there is a whole YMCA series in the North Shore of Massachusetts that includes like 11 races, I want to run at least 5 of them this year, including a 5 mile and a 7 k. (4.3 miles), that will qualify as a finisher of the series.

VIDEO!!!!???? Ack, not sure I am confident enough in my body yet for that! :noway:

My wife said she was gonna go and watch though, so I'll definitely have some pictures. Maybe I'll have her take the vid camera too (gulp).

Bob, thanks for the comments, luckilly, I have a runners body (my detriment because I always loved football best), I had knee problems when I was about 15 so had both my knees surgically repaired and after that, they were stronger then normal knees so I have never had a problem since. My issue over the last 6 or 7 years has always been my lower back (which also is an issue for runners because of the high impact), but over the last 4 months one of my focus area's is core, and core tightens up all the small muscles that connect your spine and keep it nice and sturdy, and haven't had a single back issue since about February (Finally, back pain is the MOST annoying type, and I've had em all).

OK here I go. BO or no BO! LOL!
:frown:

Whew! Rough, 21:53 today, but I hate this course, there is a giant hill I have to run up at the end, about 300 yards long, really kills my kick. Hoping that the course won't have that, I can probably shave 20 seconds off that time if it doesn't.

Great job Mista!
I'll be cheering you on from where ever I am... which will be @ the kitchen table since it's ealy in the A.M

Buena Suerte!:bigsmile:

~Joanna:flowerforyou:

Have no idea what that means (good something???) and I'm to lazy to google it. But I assume it's a happy thought so...Thanks Joanna!

:happy:

Good luck Banks, don't run the day before the race and have a good carb meal the day before. I ran a 5k last week, but I'm not nearly as fast as you. I did it in 31 minutes. I probably could have run a little quicker but since it was my first race I just wanted to make sure I could complete it with out stopping so I paced myself. Butterflies are fine but you'll get over them after your first few steps, at least I did.
Run like the wind!

Thanks jvball, I don't think I'm gonna carbo load before a 5K, not really that skinny yet. But I will be doing a very light run today, just enough to raise my metabolism a little. Nothing to stress my muscles. I learned the hard way, not to do a real workout the day before running hard! God I hope this is a flat course, cuz I have been training for it on hills, if it's flat I will have a ton more energy near the end.