FYI My first 5K is Saturday. That’s five days from now. Maybe four or three, depending on when you read this. YIKES! Nervous.
In case you’re wondering (as I was) just how fast (slow) I run, I’ll fill you in today.
I recently bought a watch at Target. Nothin fancy. Just a $29.99 women’s Timex sports watch. I wanted something that can tell time, has a stopwatch, and maybe has a glowy feature (in case of night running now that the days are so short, but don’t even get me started on that). This one has all three! It can also calculate my pulse, but I don’t really care about that right now.
THAT’S how long it took me to run three miles. More than 36 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!! Surely this devil watch must be lying!!! But the sad thing is, I’m pretty sure it wasn’t. I didn’t feel like I was running that slow! Gah. Frustrated frustrated frustrated. On the plus side, no sideache!
2 bugs flew into my eye
1 bug flew up my nose
1 piece of spider web stuck to my face
My goal for this weekend’s 5K is to run the entire thing. No walking allowed. If it takes me 36 minutes, fine. I’ll just be ecstatic to have completed something I never would have thought possible. I’m nervous, though, because I think the course will be hilly. La Crescent, Minnesota, is like bluff central. I’ve been running outside, but my route isn’t very hilly. Just one more thing for me to worry about. Great. And even though I’ll be totally pumped to just finish the darn thing, I know I’ll be bummed that it’s not even a couple of minutes faster 
Boo hoo me. Pity party here!
