Today was my first 5K in Providence. It was a lot of fun, though a very different experience than last year's half-marathon. A half-marathon is long enough that you really settle into the event, a 5K is short enough that it's over almost before you ever get into any sort of groove. Of course all my friends have joked about my attitude over the distance. "Oh well it's only 3.1 miles, that's nothing." It is one of the ironies of training for the longer distances that an unimaginable distance from 3 years ago is now kind of short.
So my result in the 5K was 31 minutes and 8 seconds. My per/mile average ended up being 10:02, and my strongest mile was the last one which I finished in a little over 9 minutes. All in all it was a pretty successful day and suggests that I may actually be able to hit my half-marathon goal when the time comes.
Route and the result from my GPS watch can be found here:
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/156566594
Food today: egg and cheese sandwich for breakfast (300 calories), a couple small slices of pizza after the race (300 calories), a burger and fries while out with friends (1200 calories), and dinner ended up being a peanut butter sandwich and milk (700 calories). Exercise was jogging to the race site, the 5K itself and walking home with a total distance of about 6 miles (calorie estimate is 750 calories).
Today's Results:
Daily Food Total: 2500
Exercise: 750
Points Earned: 1250
Total Points Earned: 191004
Points to go: 8996
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