If you’ve been following Piper’s Run for a while now (or know me in person), you know that I have set some goals for myself this year.
- Sub-30 5k
- Sub -60 1ok
- Run my second 1/2 Marathon
For those of you that are newbies to Piper’s Run – I’ve been running for a long time…on an off, in between soccer and ski season, two pregnancies and two babies later….I’m still running đ
I recently hit one of my goals! I went out for a run Saturday afternoon while my husband was home with the girls. I was planning on running 7km so I could average my week’s kilometers at 20 for #ATWRBR2014 challenge. Mission accomplished (62km for the month so far!).
My run took me out of my subdivision and onto a trail as I didn’t want to run on the main road with cars driving by at 70km/h. It made me nervous so I thought the trail would be a good option for part of my run!
The trail was completely snow-covered and was much longer then I remembered. I dodged between hard icy-snow packed ground and granular snow pellets that you’d sink your feet in….every…single….step. It wasn’t easy and my pace slowed down significantly…I even had to stop once (to take this photo, of course)
Check out the trail!
I kept running. I got onto the sidewalk and my legs noticed the difference right away! My legs moved faster and my body wasn’t in stress mode, a.k.a – watching every step I took so I wouldn’t fall on the ice/snow.
I ran until I couldn’t run anymore on a sidewalk and then turned around. I noticed my time and how far I had gone and thought I would be close to 30 minutes for 5k. I put my head down and focused … actually I told myself to count to 50 and then I could look at my watch again and re-assess where I was.
After I counted to 50, I looked at my watch and it read 4.94 km and 29 minutes and some odd seconds….so I picked up my pace and sprinted the last .06 of a km. When my Green Garmin beeped at me to tell my that “lap” or kilometer was done, I looked at my watch.
29:39 – 5k and then I walked for a few seconds in relief and the satisfaction of accomplishment sank in đ I’ve worked hard to get here and I was really, really happy. I started to run again, even up the massive steep hill. I practices my “special” running technique my coach gave me for hills and it worked! I kept running until my Green Garmin hit 7km. Boy, was I a happy runner…….and may have had a little tear in my eye.
No, it wasn’t a race.
No, it wasn’t a competition with someone else.
It was a simple goal I set for myself months ago and finally achieved!
I felt great.
I’m on my way and enjoying this ride.
Have you ever got emotional from achieving a goal you worked towards?
Do you count training runs as PB?
What’s your favourite colour for running gear?Â
Mine is purple…I feel like everything I have is purple…besides my green garmin that is.
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Fantastic! Well done! Congratulations! đ
Thanks! It was a great run!
Way to go!! It must feel so great đ All your hard work is paying off! Xo
Thanks Jen! It does feel great đ
Nicely done!
Thank you!
Great job girl….you are going to rock this race season!
Thanks! I’m sure looking forward to it!
Awesome! PB’s count in training and races in my world and purple is my favourite colour in general. I buy running shoes just because they’re purple. All my nail polishes are even purple. Who knew there could be so many shades of purple!
Thanks! My favourite colour used to be blue but purple is taking over! I’m really loving the purple I have on my nails too – it IS amazing how many shades of purple there is đ
Congrats on your fastest 5k!!!!
Our trail is snow covered still as well. đŚ I’m eagerly waiting for it to melt. đ
Thanks! I’m really dreading this storm that’s coming our way…when will it end?
Wow go you! Super fast! đ Can’t believe you ran it on that snow too! đŽ Pretty awesome đ
I love the colour purple. đ Although that saying I have a black&blue tshirt, a blue vest/tank top and a red tshirt…
Thanks! I don’t mind running on snow but ice/snow conditions are the worst. If I had my yak tracks on then it would have been fine but I thought there was only going to be a few patches of snow on the trail…little did I know!
Awesome job – that’s an amazing time!
Holy moly… that fast in the snow and ice!? Yay you, nice job!
congrats on your sub-30!!!!!!! training runs definitely can count as a pb!
congratulations!
whoohooo. a pb is a pb. training run or race! one might be more “official” but really who cares!!! good for YOU!!! hmmmm as for my fav colour? purple? pink? purplypink? any combo thereof! rock on with your bad self on your training!! your goals are all within reach đ
Congratulations! I absolutely do think PB’s count in training runs! I’ve never run an official 5K or 10K race, but my Nike + app keeps a record of my fastest times so they count to me đ
I haven’t gotten emotional… Yet. I’m sure I will. I am a very emotional person in general so no doubt it’ll show in my running b
Since all I e been doing us training so far, you bet I do count training as personal bests!
My favorite color for gear changes about every day. My favorite color overall is blue. If Garmin would have had a bright blue FR, that’s what I would have gotten. But for the text of my gear, I try to mix it up do I don’t have all of one color!
Also, great job at meeting your goal! I know it feels great. I’d imagine similar to how I feel when I am able to complete each part of my training as it gets increasingly longer/harder!
Congratulations!
Congratulations!! That is an awesome time and on snow too?? Hats off to you, my friend. đ
Thanks! It was awesome!
WHAT?!!! OMG CONGRATULATIONS!!! You rock lady!! Especially with that weather đ
Thanks! I was really happy with my run! Now if only the weather wasn’t like that….I can only imagine how much faster I would have been đ
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