Okay, I've decided that my first 5K of the year is going to be the Superbowl Sunday 10K and 5K. (I will be running the 5k part of course.)
Here are the benefits:
1. It starts at the high school right by my house!
2. It is sponsored by Buffalo Wild Wings, so there is a free spread of wings for all participants at the end of the race. :)
3. It is over before the Superbowl starts, so I have no excuse to not work out before I indulge!
Here is the drawback:
1. It costs $25 bucks. Why do road races have to be so darn expensive? Hrpmh.
So, it's set in stone (I mean, um, in cyberspace type). I shall run it... my first race of the year and actually since the marathon I ran in October of 2007! Yikes.
I tried to get my guy to run it with me but he's been lazy as of late (note to self: don't ever buy boyfriend Guitar Hero or any other time-sucking video game). He's been trying to save up money. And, he didn't mention it, but I think he doesn't want his Superbowl Sunday interrupted by a silly little 5k. ;) So... perhaps it's better to run it on my own, because that's how I'm used to running (except with Venus, who they won't let on the course), and it will help me gage my pace the best. Which brings me to...
The Goal Pace
I am going to try to finish the race in 27 minutes or less. I looked that up in this handy pace chart from Running Times, which shows me what pace I have to maintain to run a goal time. The pace is 8:41 minute miles.
That's a tall order for me. I believe my best 5k time is just under 28 minutes. Ugh. Horrible. I aim to improve that greatly and I really think I can do it. If not, at least I have a starting point to build off of. Once I get my 5k pace down to 8:30, I will start training for a 10k. And so on.
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