The ads must have filtered into my subconscious, because one boring afternoon at work I suddenly decided that I HAD TO do this race. Never mind that they were almost sold out (I got in for the last time slot- 8:05 am on a Sunday), or that I didn't have time to get a team together. I let my boyfriend know my plan and promptly paid my registration fee and signed the online waiver. At the time that I signed up there were still some individual spots available, so I asked around and placed an ad in Kijiji to see if anyone wanted to join my team of one: "The Smokin Scorpios". I got some interest from various people, but only one girl who actually managed to register in time. We've never met, and she's only 18, so I'm hoping I'm not going to slow her down!
I've been running on my treadmill every second day, and will take it outside as soon as we lose this wretched snow. If I can get my time down to 35 minutes or less for 5 K (3.1 miles), I will be satisfied. I'm currently sitting at just over 40 minutes, but haven't really pushed myself for fear of injury. As it is, my right knee is having major issues so I need to take a few days off. I'm still doing my Jillian Michaels workouts in the interim.
My daughter is very excited about my race, and I assigned her the task of being my coach. She immediately took her role seriously, deciding that I should run the stairs in our house while she timed me. This weekend we will be going to the river valley in Edmonton to run their infamous stairs. (Or at least I will be running them while she eggs me on.) This fun run is just the thing I needed to maintain my fitness motivation, especially with an 18-year-old teammate...the last thing I want to do is make a fool of myself!
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