28:00:75 That's my personal best for a 5K race. I know because I dug through my bookshelf and found my old race bibs. Next to Stephen King and Cormac McCarthy, next to an oil painting by my great-great-grandmother, next to a bronze urn holding buttons and keys and magic markers, I found them - held together by a safety pin. They were just where they should be. In a place of safe-keeping.
I ran that race when I was 44 years old. Almost 9 years ago. I found another bib with my finish listed at 29 minutes. Most were around 30. There was a 10K at 1:00:07. Who WAS that woman? I have no recall of even thinking about time - at the time.
Today I ran 3 miles in 31:17. To make my PR, I'd have to run each mile over a minute faster. It's a goal.
But.
However.
I also have a goal to run a 10K at the end of the month. Injury free.
I'm smiling as I type this. It feels good to have goals again.
©Michelle Scofield, March 6, 2013 All Rights Reserved
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It is good to see you writing on this blog again. I am going to do the first 5K of my life next month, at age 51. ~melissa
ReplyDelete:) Melissa! Keep me posted. I want to know about your run. M
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