Cluck Cluck Cluck

Chickened out again :-) Seventeen degrees with a strong NW wind, we three showed up for race shirts at the Challenge Obesity 5k and then went to the club to run. This actually worked out better for me than the race would have, because I ran eight miles instead of just the 5k race. It’s a cut-back week, only 30 miles, but tomorrow (Easter) will be a busy day and, looking ahead at the rest of the week, it will be handy to have eight miles racked up.

Today’s time was 1:07:17, overall pace 8:25. Did I feel some neuropathy in the right foot (heel)? I’m not sure. I don’t feel it now after the run. No pains. LOTS of other runners on the track today. Splits: 8:35, 8:20, 8:25, 8:25, 8:28, 8:26, 8:25, 8:13. Pretty uniform.

Look in the recent (May) issue of Running Times magazine, page 8, for a story on January's running of the Zoom! Yah! Yah! Indoor Marathon. We ran this and enjoyed it, see here and here. Where else can you get these:

• Up to 600 aid stations with your own specific choice of fluids and foods
• 150 split times
• See your buddies frequently regardless of differences in speed
• Zero hills
• Meet every other runner in the race
• Perfect, consistent temperature with no weather issues
• Potty stop any time you need it
• No dogs, cars, bikes, strollers, potholes, storm grates, or manhole covers

They plan to run this marathon again next January, but I suspect it will fill quickly.