Flirting with 30 Minutes

@Pigglies (9329)
United States
September 28, 2009 7:56pm CST
This past 5K, I swore I would break that 30 minute mark. And then I realized it had a huge hill in it. So instead, I ended up flirting with 30 minutes. I finished in 30 minutes and 12 seconds. The next 5K is I think, completely flat. It will be my best friend's first 5K. It's a Halloween 5K, which means running in costume. But I'm hoping I'll finally break the 30 minute mark there. Before I get to that though, I still have that 26.2 mile bike race, yikes! Who knows what time I'm going for on that. I am finding that I'm running out of training time with it getting dark so early, so I'll be happy just to finish.
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sarahruthbeth22
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
30 Sep 09
Running in costume?Wow.I hope you will have fun.whatare you going to wear?
Pigglies
@Pigglies (9329)
• United States
1 Oct 09
That's the difficult thing... I haven't decided what to wear yet. My friend is going as a cheerleader, but I don't really have to match her or anything like that. Even though I hate how I look in skimpy clothing, I figure running clothes are usually skimpy anyway and I don't want to be too hot to run quickly. So, I'm going to look around for skimpy enough costumes that they'll be cool, and also costumes that I could easily wear a sports bra under without it looking horrible. Preferably, my belly will not be shown off. But if I end up with shorter shorts than I'm used to or something, I guess that wouldn't be as bad.
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Pigglies
@Pigglies (9329)
• United States
2 Oct 09
Ok, awesome! Yeah, I probably won't be able to go out looking for costumes until next Thursday anyway, so plenty of time to think about it. And even after that I could still be looking. You always have such good ideas.
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sarahruthbeth22
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
1 Oct 09
We have some time to figure this out.If I think of a good costume ,I'll write.I have to think about this and get back to you.
syndibee
@syndibee (799)
• United States
6 Oct 09
oooh I'd so go with a sexy costume, minus the pumps. I saw a batgirl costume I love. I might do a halloween run just so I can wear that hehe. OOh the 30:12 time is wonderful. That's just below 10 minutes a mile and even with a hill.
Pigglies
@Pigglies (9329)
• United States
6 Oct 09
Yeah, definitely minus the pumps! Could you imagine running in those? Although, in your case I have a hilarious idea... since girls in those types of outfits often end up taking off the shoes and since you run barefoot, you could carry some pumps like you just realized on race day that those are impossible to run in. You'd get a lot of funny looks for sure. ;)
syndibee
@syndibee (799)
• United States
6 Oct 09
lol that's a funny idea. I'm seriously contemplating a batgirl outfit and after reading your post I looked for local races. There are 2 5K's on halloween but neither one are dress up affairs. I'm thinking of running one of them dressed up anyways.
Pigglies
@Pigglies (9329)
• United States
7 Oct 09
You should run dressed up if it's on Halloween. I'd bet a lot of people would. :)
maezee
@maezee (41985)
• United States
29 Sep 09
30:12 is amazing for a 5k! Great job! You definitely need to give yourself a pat on the back. Even without the hill, 30:12 would've been a great time.
Pigglies
@Pigglies (9329)
• United States
30 Sep 09
Thanks! I was pretty happy with the improvement. And I definitely felt better running this one too as opposed to my first 5K. I'll have to see what I get on a flat course next time. I'm also contemplating attempting a 10K in the near future.