RUNFESSIONS? I got a few...

Runfessions?

Oh, yes. I have a few things to share.

After all, it's good for the soul (and both of my soles).


This is always a fun post to write... actually, it practically writes itself. Care to join in? Do you have some running-related 'fessions to bring to the table?

Let me begin...

I must runfess that I never expected all these virtual races to be so motivating. As many know, I've been doing 5K time trials on Mondays for my #nevermissaMonday gig for the past four weeks now. But can I runfess that Momma N has not cut me a break in my quest for progressively faster finish times? I have had cold temps (for a couple) and wind (for all but the first one). The 5K I ran this week, though, gave me a glimmer of hope that I still may be able to swing some faster finishes. None the less, as much as I loathe racing the 5K distance, I have a new respect for it.

nowhere close to a PR, but faster than the previous week's windy 5K

Coming clean, let me runfess I had a blatant selfie bust this week. I had returned home from my Monday 5K, and was trying to get a pic of  myself in a perfect tree pose (in the street, how's that for irony?). Just as the timer was ready to snap my pic, there comes a car...right behind me. Needless to say, my perfect "tree" wobbled and the driver gave me a strange look.

Well, that was awkward

At Judy's suggestion, I took a quick rainbow walk over lunch on Monday. The goal was to find all seven colors of the rainbow. I have to runfess, I gave up on indigo (that muddy purplish-blue that never got much attention in any of my art classes either). But, the other six colors were easy to spot in that quick 1/2-mile jaunt around the block.

Wednesday was Earth Day. Did anyone else celebrate or commemorate the day? I ran early in the morning (#5at5), when it was too dark to see much trash. Instead, I utilized my lunch #walk&talk (with Deborah as my witness) to pick up trash. Every little bit we can do, to keep our planet clean, helps. I gotta runfess, though, those gloves left my hands smelling like latex until the next morning (despite several hand-washings with scented soap).

I hugged a tree, too

Another virtual race that I embarked on was the Grand Blue Mile. This 1-mile race would have taken place Tuesday evening, on the streets of downtown Des Moines. Even though I was still in recovery mode from Monday's 5K, I mapped out a similar 1-mile route to run (complete with two left turns at the approximate distance marks as the actual race course).Holy crap. Do I need to runfess how tough a 1-mile race is, especially for one who is not naturally gifted with speed or finesse? I didn't think I'd be able to beat last year's 7:23 (and I was right). After all, last year I had a slew of progressive 10K races under my belt. This year, I had the previous evening's 5K. I was able to run a sub-8:00, though, which was quite satisfactory, considering the lack-luster spring I've had in terms of racing. First world problems...
 

So, that's the brunt of my April Runfessions, at least that's all I'm sharing. Despite the COVID-19 craziness, things really aren't too bad in my little corner of the universe. Believe me, I'm grateful and am not taking anything for granted.

How about you?  Got any runfessions to share? Any Earth Day happenings? Ever done a 1-mile or 5K time trial?

I'm  linking this with Marcia for the monthly Runfessions link-up.

I'm also linking this with Meranda and Lacey for the Friday with Fairytales and Fitness link-up. 

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