I am racing the Brandon 5k tomorrow morning. I'll lay out my goals for this race in a minute. But, I bought some new earbuds to test during the race tomorrow. I bought the Bose SoundSport Wireless. I had a Bose Noise Cancellation Earbuds set that I liked, but found out quickly that they were not appropriate for sweating. They started popping (LOUDLY) in my ear. It does not take too long for that to get annoying, and then unbearable not too long after that... I did not make it past the next door neighbor's house before I ran back home and threw them into the garbage. I mentioned before that I have the Skull Candy set that I have been using, but they fall out of my ears when I get sweaty. The Bose sets stay in my ears nicely and the sound quality is good -- for me that means loud enough that I cannot hear myself. So, I bought a new set. $149.00, plus tax. They were the same price on the Bose site and Amazon and everywhere else I could find. I had to take Noble to the mall... I HATE the mall... especially around this time of year, so since I was right there across the street, I went into BestBuy and pick up a set. They come in Yellow, Blue and Black. I bought the black ones. I wore them on the ride home and changed to the best fitting ear piece. I think they are gonna be good. I'll keep you informed.
I got a massage Thursday, thank you Pamela. She wanted to work my IT band, and OH MY GOODNESS was that PAINFUL. I absolutely HATE having my quads worked. Always have hated that. I used to tell the massage therapist that they would have a really hard time hurting me, so give some good pressure. I love it when they dig, especially on my back and neck. But not on my quads. It is just plain painful. I try very hard to make it look like I am relaxed and comfortable, but inside I am yelling, crying, whining, and wishing they would quit. Well, she did not stop at the quads. She worked the length of the IT band, and from mid quad to the tibia, IT WAS PAINFUL!! I had tears. Of course the hope is that the massage loosens things up nicely and allows me to run pain free, but dang. I am not sure it is worth it. I almost would rather feel the pain during the run and after than the pain of the massage. Whew, I am glad that is over. Of course, I ran Friday... just a little 5k, but i did feel the IT band a bit after. Actually, now that I am thinking about it, I can feel it right now. I am still gonna run tomorrow. We will see.
OK, so my goals for this 5k. I signed up for this race simply as a training race. Something to force me to get up and go run, but I am certain there is no way that I am just going to go and casually jog the race. I definitely don't think I am going to win, but I will just bet that I will run harder than I probably should.
My last run was a 5k around the neighborhood. Strava had me at 23:46. My Garmin had me at 23:44
My PR is 22:19, so I would definitely like to beat all of those times. So, I guess my goal is to beat 22:19. My BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) is to be under 20 min. But I do not expect to be under 20 any time soon. In fact, I am going to try not to be under 20 in this race. My bet is I would injure myself. So, for this race, I would like to be under 22 min. Possibly under 7:00 per mile pace. A 6:59 per mile pace would put me at 21:42:77. I could deal with that. That would make me happy. Of course I have never run that fast for that long. I have never trained that fast, but oh well... that is my goal. Race starts at 7:30am. It is a down and back, so I should be able to gauge if I am on track at the turn around. Bit, I have to say, I will err on the side of slower than risk the injury... at least that is what I am telling myself right now. We will see if my mind has a mind of its own. Tell ya tomorrow.
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