I'm trying to decide whether I should "race" tomorrow. I think I have to use quotes around that phrase b/c obviously I'm not in racing shape. The only way I could set a PR right now would be to race a distance I've never done before, or to race a distance I haven't raced in several years.
Tomorrow our local running club has two options -- 5k or 10k. I need to decide if I'm going to do one, and if so which. Other options are sleeping in (but Monday is going to be a rest day, so that's really not a good idea), or doing the run with Back on My Feet (not sure if I wrote about that before, I've only done it a couple times, it's running with homeless people to help them get on track in life and it's awesome). But I should note that the homeless run would be at a fairly slow pace. Since I really want to push hard the next couple weeks until my baby bro's wedding (eliminating as much back fat and other bulges as possible), I think it's better to do a race.
And I think 10k is probably the best option. Because I'm closer to being in 10k PR shape than I am to being in 5k PR shape. But I'm wondering if I should try to run hard. The last time I tried to run a 10k with a lot of effort was in January (I'm sure I posted about it, but too lazy to try to find the link). I was fairly disappointed with my time, but I was also in the middle of a bad upper respiratory infection. But I'm not sure how that balances out -- [upper respiratory infection and coming off the holidays] v. [100 degrees and coming off a long vacation very very slowly].
In some ways maybe doing this 10k will be a great exercise for me -- practice at pushing hard, but not too hard. Not hard enough to PR. Not hard enough to die of heat stroke. But hard enough to have a time with which I'm satisfied. Hard enough to justify getting up early and getting out there. Hard enough to feel like it was a solid day's workout.
It sounds like you're going to do the 10K, which is great. I love the "hard enough to feel like it was a solid day's workout." Have fun!
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