Spring Sprint

Each year, in the spring as the name suggests, Bethel sponsors a 5k from Fountain Terrace to North Village. The means of travel may be somewhat unconventional - students can walk, bike, rollerblade, jog, skateboard, etc. My good old excersizing buddy Camilli and I did a combination I like to call Jogking (walk, jog, and run). We were perfect "partners" as we both are about equally fit - too out of shape to run the whole thing. But we wanted to try to jog as much as possible. It was really cold this morning and slightly rainy which motivated us in an attempt to keep from freezing to death. I guess there was a little bit of snow last night, I didn't see any. The race started at 10:30 so we caught the 10:00 shuttle from Bethel to Fountain Terrace. With all the racers the 15 passenger van was packed - at least 24 people. We left at 10:30 and I think it took up about 45 minutes to get back. Half way along the trail there was a "pit stop" of oranges and water. I foud this quite silly, but a fun break. We made it up to North Village where they have a big BBQ afterward (well they call them BBQ's here in MN, but in Wisconsin terms it's a grill out. No sloppy joes, pulled beef or BBQ sauce to be found, just hot dogs and burgers). Camille and I were anxious for a cheeseburger, and the smell of charcoal is synonymous with springtime. I can still here the music quite loudly outside my window as I write this.

Avalon Floral

With this weekend being Mother's Day I decided to call my old place of employment to send her some flowers. The lady answering the phone was not someone I had met...and I know most everyone since I used to work there. She took my order and we were able to talk a little bit. She's just started working at Avalon, and she recently graduated from UW-EC. Come to find out I was actually the first phone order she's taken. Completely made my day!

5K Week Three

So I should be on days seven of my training program right now, but due to some laziness on my part I'm only on day five. Two days a week, not three :( *tsk tsk* I had planned on running this weekend, but didn't get around to it. There is just something about weekends in which nothing I plan on doing ever gets done. It's terrible.

Day Five: May 4th

Today I started off my run with longer chunks. I ran about 3 minuets and then about 2 minutes after that with 1 min walks in between. However, I was super tired out after only 15 minutes and ended up just walking most of the way back to my dorm. I didn't go for as long as normal either, due to all the stuff I need to work on and the fact that I probably overworked myself a little.

Total Time: 20 minutes

Day Six: May 6th

I think this is the first time I've ever run in the rain. It's wasn't pouring by any means but was a nice sprinkle. I didn't follow the "schedule" actually I kinda just ran until I was starting to feel tired then walked until I decided to run again. I started feeling a little bit of a shin splint coming on toward the end and a couple hours after my run my left ankle started to hurt a bit. This is the same leg that I've had issues with in the past. I guess I'll just have to press on but take it easy.

Total Time: unknown