St Pat's Pitter Patter

I haven't done very well with writing here everyday! It's been a crazy past few weeks! I've been having a lot of foot, ankle, and leg pain. So, I got orthotics. They make it even worse! I'm hoping it's just a matter of getting used to them, so I'm just running a couple of minutes a day in them (and my new sneakers as they don't fit in my old ones!). Hopefully I'll be all used to them in a couple of weeks when I start the 10K clinic at the Running Room!

I just finished the 5K clinic. Our graduation run was yesterday in Riverview - St. Pat's Pitter Patter. It was painful! I wore my old sneakers so I had a lot of ankle pain (see above) but I ran through it! There were a couple of hills on the course, too, which I've had no experience running on before. I had to walk one of them, but I ran about half of the other one. And....drum roll, please...I still set a personal record!! My last run was in 41:38 (I had 40:38 stuck in my mind for some reason), but yesterday I ran 5K in.....40:25!!! I'm VERY happy with that, what with all the pain and hills! I'm hoping if conditions are good on my next one, that I can do it in 35 minutes. That's my new goal! Not sure when my next 5K will be, so we shall see!

Anyway, I must run along. I'll try to be better about posting more!