ONC 5k

This past Saturday was the Ogden Nature Center's 5k. And I ran in it! It was fun. Actually, parts of it were not fun at all. But I'm very glad I did it. The parts that were fun were the parts of the course where we were running in the trees. The parts that were not fun was when we had to run past the neighboring field being mowed and dust and bits of grass flew in your face as you're trying to run. Not so cool. Something else that was frustrating was the fact that they held the children's 1k at the same time as the 5k, and therefore for the first loop of the race (there were 2 loops) you were running with a bunch of kids. This would be fine if the trails were wide but they were narrow so at times I had to stop running altogether. That was frustrating and I felt that it hurt my time. However as with all 5ks, I forget that it doesn't really start for you individually until you cross the start line, and since I was back quite a way I started my watch a little early. My time ended up being 38 minutes. I feel that I could easily improve this time for the Ogden 5k, which is this Saturday! My goal: Run it in less than or about 36 minutes. That would be an average of a 12 minute mile and just about right for me. At least for now!