Today was my Fitness Center's lunchtime 5K fun run.
Day went like this:
Meeting with my boss all morning.
(sign out for leave...yes, I was honest about this)
Walk 1 mile from office into park.
Run.
Walk 1 mile back to fitness center.
Shower.
Go back to office (sign back in) and run quarterly reports for my team while noshing on a PowerBar and an orange.


I have been doing precious little running lately. Between my Colorado ski vacation, a horrible head cold, and a lack of motivation, I think I've run 1 x/week for the past month or so. I managed to get the 5 mile "speed" work last weekend. Then....nothing. Some cycling. Some jump rope. Until today. So I have to admit to being somewhat shocked (yes...SHOCKED! ) when I saw that my average pace was 11:06 for the race. Now...for some of you, that's slow. For me, that better's my Baltimore 5K last October, when I was (theoretically) in shape and training for the event. Not quite as fast as the Celtic Solstice 5 miler, but that one, I REALLY trained for.

Sunday, I have an 8K. If I match this pace, I'll be stoked!