I love racing 5K's for all of the exact same reasons that I hate them. You see, 5K's are short in the grand scheme of endurance road/trail racing; short enough that you are never properly given a chance to fall into the elusive, endorphin filled, runner "happy zone". Yet in the world of competitive running as a whole, they are painfully long. Much longer than a track & field 100 or 800 Continue reading →
Sun Fun Beach Run 5k
Well there was no sun, but there was plenty of fun! The Sun Fun Beach Run, not to be confused with the "Fun Sun Run 5k" I ran in April, was held ON the beach. The tide was actually coming in I believe, so needless to say there wasn't a ton of that hard, packed down sand to run on. It was either the goopy wet sand you sink in, or the soft fluffy sand, that you also sink in. My Continue reading →
