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5k this fall
Looking to do a 5k this fall, has anyone done these races? Signed up for any others????
Gloucester would be nice, not sure I can do a 10k in less then a month. I actually hate running and figure that if i sign up for a race every so often it will encourage me to run.
Run to the Rock (Plymouth Rock!) ? September 10 - http://runtotherock.webs.com/raceinformation.htmLuna Bar Race ? Team Luna Chix Boston - http://teamlunachix.com/boston_run/event/luna_runLone Gull 10k ? Gloucester ? September 18 ? http://www.runningintheusa.com/LinkClick.aspx?LinkLocationID=6&LinkID=19099
Komen Boston ? October 30th - http://www.komenmassrace.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=476445
Re: 5k this fall
This is me so I'm no help, haha! I don't think we have very many runners on the board. Good luck with whichever race you choose, though!
I haven't done any of these but the Plymouth course looks relatively flat from what I can tell. At least the last mile will be downhill/flat. The LunaChix and Komen ones look like bigger events that might have a looping course or something. I can't find any course maps but I would guess they are pretty flat too since they are in Boston/Cambridge.
I love signing up for races for motivation. I am trying to get the courage to do a 10k even though my max distance I have ever run is 5 miles. Once I am running in a race I get competitive and am able to keep up a much faster pace than I do when jogging on my own. I hate letting the old people pass me.
I am running the Samaritans 5k in October (October 1, I believe). I also signed by for the Battlegreen 10k in Lexington on November 6th. I looked into the Run to the Rock- it seemed pretty cool!
I HATED running until I did C25k (couch to 5k) a few months ago. I did my first 5k in July and loved it. After my 5k, I kind of got lazy, which is why I signed up for the 2 above races- I need the motivation!
thank you for those 2 suggestions!
I have put on 5-8 lbs over what is my 'feel good weight' (not my wedding weight from 4 years ago I have no idea how I actually weighed that amount in 2007!) and i just cant lose it, I havent purchased a pair of pants/shorts in over 18 months thinking that I'll lose the weight. I enjoy classes at the gym, ride my bike or walk everywhere since I recently moved to Boston but think that we have been eating out too much trying lots of new places.
Regardless I just need more cardio in my life.
This is me too. I ran my first 5k back in May and kept saying I wanted to sign up for more throughout the summer...well, summer is almost over and I haven't done another one! Definitely in the spring though - in my defense I did end up getting shin splints after the race...that basically fueled my lack of running since.