Now that more than a month has passed since the half marathon and I've worked out... twice (?!) in that time, I've been feeling the urge to start training for something again. Since I'd been mostly immobile since finishing my PhD a year prior, the half was definitely a good motivator to get me moving again but it was also frustrating to feel so slow, both because I was getting used to running on hills and also because I hadn't run in so long (duh). Now, I want to focus on shorter distances but getting faster. I'm especially pumped to focus on my running, but I'd love to quicken my swimming pace too. (My biking is probably the only triathlon sport that I'm not horrifyingly slow on.)
Here are the races I'm looking at for this summer:
- June 7, Lebanon Strawberry Festival Run (5K) - This is at a tiny town's festival, complete with elected Strawberry Princesses. Can't wait.
- August 9, Garlic Festival Run (5K or 10K) - Yeah, both of my 5Ks are food-themed. This is by design.
- August 17, Series 33 West Linn Triathlon (Sprint Tri) - Honestly, this course looks fairly terrifying and I am not drawn to any race that advertises itself as "epic" and "challenging." But it's one of the only tris that fit in my schedule, so we'll see.
- September 7, Best of the West Triathlon Festival (Olympic Tri)
Basically, I'm setting myself up to cut a lot of time off of my Olympic tri PR at the end of summer, by doing a at least one shorter tri and some 5Ks. I'd also love to beat my 5K PR - I've done so few 5Ks that I think I could beat my PR pretty easily, but I'd love to totally smash it.
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