PR for 5K and start of diet

I ran in the Great Pumpkin 5K on Saturday morning and since it was Halloween, I decided to run in a costume.  I wanted it to be funny, so I decided on dressing as a beer bottle.  I figured this would slow me some, and it did, but I still managed to set a new PR for 5K at 25:42.  My previous PR was at the Concord Bunny run in April and my time there was 26:55.  It was a fun event and my brother-in-law, Alex, placed 1st in his age group!  The costume slowed me a bit and it wasn’t the most comfortable thing to run in, but it was still fun to do, especially with everyone cheering me in with “Hooray Beer!”  After the 5K, they had a 1 mile fun run for the kids and Mia attempted to run and did run for a while, but not the whole way.  She earned a medal anyway though!  As always, it was great to have Jenn, Mia and Sadie at the finish line to cheer me in.

Almost there!

Hooray Beer!!!

On Sunday, I decided it was time to test my shin on a long run.  I set out to run at least 7 miles, but I ended up running 10 miles in 1:48:45, a nice and easy pace with a few walk breaks.  My legs were tired, but the shin still feels okay.  Hopefully this means I will be able to work my mileage up to be able to still run the marathon.

And today is the day I resume the “Daryl Diet.”  I have decided to do as Tyler does and post a weekly weigh in on Wednesdays.  See you then!