Happy Thursday, today was my last run before the 5K race. I ran a complete 5K today and it was harder than I expected. Not the distance, the distance was not the problem, my legs were not cooperating. They had some pain and felt tired. Again, I know this could be an effect of raising kilometers too fast, but I still hate it. Also, I had a case of the side stitches, I call them "sticky ribs." It didn't help that I was being followed by a huge tractor for about a kilometer (My hometown is very rural).
Despite all the hurting and being followed by a tractor for so long I was still proud of myself. I did happen to time myself on this run (and may continue to do so). I'm not so focused on splits but my overall time was about 32:50. Without the pain in my legs and sticky ribs I feel like I could have made it in 30, but you don't get better with could have/would have/should have. I'm just glad that with all the painful distraction that I made it in the time that I did.
Tomorrow is a rest day before the race, I'll be doing stretches and rolling my muscles and of course eating! My sister and bro-in-law are coming here tomorrow so maybe I'll do a little skateboarding and other physical activities to keep my body loose and warm. I'm excited about the race!
Run...painless, my friends!
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