Monthly Archives: December 2014

Trot for Hunger 2014 5K

03mi, 05k, race

Start time: 11/27/2014, 9:00am
Location: Pennsylvania Avenue, National Mall, Freedom Plaza
Distance: 5K (3.1 miles)
Finish time: 24:52
Average pace: 8:00 min/mile
Total Miles For November: 66 miles
Total Miles For 2014: 742 miles
Current Shoes: 18 miles

It’s been a long time since I’ve run a 5K — 2009 in fact — and I’ve always said that I’ve never really mastered this short distance. This was probably the closest I’ve come to that, in terms of consistency; the three full mile splits were 7:59, 8:04, and 7:54. Would’ve liked a bit more a kick on that last mile but beggars can’t be choosers. I ran it with my friend Steve and we did a good job of keeping each other moving. No PR, but it was only 25 seconds off of the PR from five years ago, and I consider that a huge victory. 5 seconds per year? Thumbs up.

Back into the swing of things

07mi

Start time: 11/25/2014, 5:38am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 7.25 miles
Average pace: 9:35 min/mile
Total Miles For November: 63 miles
Total Miles For 2014: 739 miles
Current Shoes: 15 miles

Trying to get back into the rhythm of three days of running each week. School and winter are both throwing me for a little bit of a loop, honestly.