5K plans
I’m not sure if I’m quite ready for it yet, but I signed up to run in a 5K this Sunday. It’s one of the bigger races in the area; there should be 700-800 runners in the 5K and over 400 in the 10K.
The achilles tendon is better but still not 100%. I’ve run three times in the last week or so with minimal discomfort, but I can tell it’s still vulnerable. I’ll try to get in one more moderate run, hopefully with a few fast, short intervals, between now and Sunday, and a few non-running aerobic activity workouts — probably on the elliptical or stationary bike.
My goal will be 21:30, a minute slower than ten months ago, but I was regularly 20 plus miles per week then and I haven’t been running regularly at all since last August. My last few runs have convinced me it’s worth trying. I’ll target a starting pace of a bit under 7 min/mile and see if I can hold that for the whole race. If I feel really good I’ll try to go a little faster, but I can’t really imagine being able to hold the 6:35 min/mile pace of my previous 5K.
Nothing else to report fitnesswise. Weight loss has stalled, but not reversed, I think. I’m going to try to get back on track this week. Triathlon is about nine weeks way; I haven’t been training seriously for it, but there’s still time to train enough to avoid flaming out.
