LA 5k!
Time for the LA marathon! JUST KIDDING. Time for the 5k that's attached to the LA marathon, more like it!
There are signs everywhere advertising the LA marathon and the LA bike tour this weekend. Definitely not doing either one. But the design they've been using for the ads is amazing. So much so that I went online to see if I could find who the designer was. I did find out who it was, and I also discovered that there is a 5k associated with the marathon. Had I been thinking clearly enough, I would've realized that when I was little my family did a couple 5ks associated with the Duke City Marathon. But what actually sealed the deal on signing up for it was that the starting point for the 5k is RIGHT NEXT TO USC!!! Good god. don't even have to drive there. what could be more perfect? And kinda cool to say you ran the 5k in the LA marathon.
So while I wish I had found out about the 5k a little earlier in order to re-motivate me to run again (i keep putting it off, esp with the "excuse" that i do yoga twice a week now), so it's not like i've completely given up physical activity, better late than never right? It got me off my ass again to go running this afternoon. And to really keep it up this week, and it'll probably maintain itself for a week or so after the run too. And you know what... it felt damn good to run again. It really really felt really really good. I ran just about 2 miles, so I'm hoping to run 4mi sometime during the week to prove to myself that I can again. And then from there, esp cuz I have been lagging on my running, I've decided to have the same goal as I had for the last 5k. That is, to just run it in full without walking at all. I'm actually thinking if I'm not in shape enough, I will be ok with myself if I do walk some of it, but I'd really like to shoot for all running. It'd be cool if I beat my previous time (34:55), but I'm not going to get my hopes up for it, stating again that I've been bad at keeping up running.
But ya! I'm totally pumped all over again!!! And not so secretly, I'm hoping the tshirts that we get are in the style of the banners and billboards that have been around town. But i'll try to not get my hopes up in case it just looks like a regular race shirt.
There are signs everywhere advertising the LA marathon and the LA bike tour this weekend. Definitely not doing either one. But the design they've been using for the ads is amazing. So much so that I went online to see if I could find who the designer was. I did find out who it was, and I also discovered that there is a 5k associated with the marathon. Had I been thinking clearly enough, I would've realized that when I was little my family did a couple 5ks associated with the Duke City Marathon. But what actually sealed the deal on signing up for it was that the starting point for the 5k is RIGHT NEXT TO USC!!! Good god. don't even have to drive there. what could be more perfect? And kinda cool to say you ran the 5k in the LA marathon.
So while I wish I had found out about the 5k a little earlier in order to re-motivate me to run again (i keep putting it off, esp with the "excuse" that i do yoga twice a week now), so it's not like i've completely given up physical activity, better late than never right? It got me off my ass again to go running this afternoon. And to really keep it up this week, and it'll probably maintain itself for a week or so after the run too. And you know what... it felt damn good to run again. It really really felt really really good. I ran just about 2 miles, so I'm hoping to run 4mi sometime during the week to prove to myself that I can again. And then from there, esp cuz I have been lagging on my running, I've decided to have the same goal as I had for the last 5k. That is, to just run it in full without walking at all. I'm actually thinking if I'm not in shape enough, I will be ok with myself if I do walk some of it, but I'd really like to shoot for all running. It'd be cool if I beat my previous time (34:55), but I'm not going to get my hopes up for it, stating again that I've been bad at keeping up running.
But ya! I'm totally pumped all over again!!! And not so secretly, I'm hoping the tshirts that we get are in the style of the banners and billboards that have been around town. But i'll try to not get my hopes up in case it just looks like a regular race shirt.