I ran the Lonestar 5000 this past weekend, which is the 5K that’s associated with the Congress Avenue Milee and the ever so popular Mighty Texas Dog Walk. Unfortunately, they didn’t have chip timing available, so I don’t know my exact time, but according to the timer on the finish line I finished in about 37:22. I’m too lazy to do real research, but I’m pretty sure that this is my first time finishing a 5K in under 40 minutes. I think that I would’ve finished under 35 minutes, too, but the race didn’t start until 10:40 because of all of the milers and it was already getting super-hot.
My next race is the Keep Austin Weird 5K in late June. I think I’m gonna try for sub-30″.
Yesterday, I played a little bit of the street football with Mike, Pete and Kendall. Although we won, about four hours later, I started feeling immense soreness in my legs, especially in the areas around my hips. I don’t know what that’s officially called, but I know that I haven’t felt this kind of pain since I started going to the trail. The only things I can figure out is that I need to start adding drills to my routine. Maybe some more balls-out sprints and horses. You know - all the stuff that I absolutely hated in high school. I guess all those coaches really did have a valid reason for putting us through all that shite.
Tonight I start a weigh loss contest with la familia segunda, and I think that this is the one where I really take it. Of course, you can keep track with me if you want to. I promise to be a little more consistent with my workout postings, too. The diet log just doesn’t work for me at this point, though.