Fifteen Twenty Five...Women's Distance Festival

Last weekend was the Women's Distance Festival and I decided to sign-up last minute. Luckily I turned my registration in one day before they maxed the number of registrants! Lucky? Just a tad! Well, I'm glad I ran for several reasons:

1. I got to experience a race with BOTH my aunts!

2. I got 4th place in my age group! I ran the race in 15:25...very excited!

3. It was neat to see all the ladies running, whether they were athletes or simply running as a cancer survivor.

4. I won a Road ID! I've wanted one of these since I started running!

5. It was the first race I wore my VFF in.

6. Lastly, well...it was just a lot of fun!

Awesome, that's how the race went! I really enjoyed the race, although my calves were hurting from the pavement in my shoes and running 3 minutes/mile faster than my normal time.

So what's next? I mean I've always got SOME news, my life is just like that! So here it is: I started running in the mornings, and by mornings I mean 5:30am. Yeah, I know--crazy? A little! I've never been a morning person, in fact if my alarm isn't set I usually sleep in until 2 or 3pm...just because I love sleeping and that's how I roll. So, waking up early really isn't bad..my runs are better and it's a lot cooler outside! Running is a different sport in the morning, and I know now why they say listening to an iPod takes away from the beauty of being outside running!

Sunday I got up at 6:30am and ran 9 miles before church and let me tell you, I was exhausted. Monday was off, Tuesday I ran 5 at 5:45am and today I ran 3 at 6:10am. Tomorrow I am going to run 4 easy miles and 2 at a pace of 9:09..because that is my pace goal for my next half marathon in September at Virginia Beach!! Rock 'n' Roll? Uhh..I think so!!

I finally have a training plan, since I got hurt from the Nike plus training last spring, I've always just made my own plans. However, I started following the Runners World training to break 2 hours in a half marathon. So far, so good. However, I am only a week into this training! The average miles are 26-30 a week, which isn't bad considering a long run is usually around 10 miles.

Well, that's it--I've gotta hit the hay because, yes it's summer and I am living up the college life still, but I'm also a runner trying to make a goal of 1:59:59. :)

Peace.Love.Rock'n'Roll goals.