Another 5K
Yesterday we ran again. I couldn't believe when I saw the WOD in the morning! 5K?? Again?!?! It was so tempting to run just 1 mile - I still didn't measure my time on this distance, but Kirez asked me to run the whole way. He was right, if I can do it, I should. I just really, really didn't want to go through all this pain again. Running days are the only days I wish we had weightlifting workouts - I'd rather do another Fran, or Diane, or any other lifting 'girl'.
2 weeks ago I completed my first 5K in 36 minutes 54 seconds.
Last night, from the very first lap I knew I would not beat that time, I had another goal, which was to run all 12.5 laps without stopping / walking - run all the way to the finish. For this I should have pace myself very accurately. Actually, my dear husband was very surprised, when I said I ran all 12.5 laps without walking, he said: "How? I thought I saw you walking!". That I was running :) Yeah, my speed was probably the same as if I was walking, but I was running!
My previous max non-stop-run time was 25 minutes, I had to best it by at least 15 minutes. By the 9th lap I knew I would do that.
Music, playing on my iPod was certainly not for running, but since it's so difficult to switch between stopwatch and playlists when you're running, especially, when you're trying to time every your lap, I decided to continue. Oh, I really enjoyed my time :) It was such a beautiful night! We ran on the dark stadium, with the moon and stars as the only source of light. This mysterious blue light, so special and so perfect. And music...
-- Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata
-- Sen Sans - Le Cygne
-- Ocean
-- Mozart - Fantasie in D minor
-- In a moment of peace
-- Enya - May It Be
-- Beethoven - Piano sonata N.17 "Storm"
-- Tchaikovsky - Piano concerto N.1
-- Rachmaninov - Piano Sonata N.2
This playlist will be a perfect reading / relaxing / dreaming music, do not try to run with it if time is your goal!
I completed my distance in 40 minutes 52 seconds - 5 minutes worse than 2 weeks ago. But I never stopped and this is an achievement for me bigger than showing a better time. Now I know - I CAN :)