Chip-Schmip

I was excited to see that our official race times were posted on the website yesterday. Then I was hugely disappointed when I found myself and my time was exactly what it said when I went through the finish line. Since I know we started at least 30 seconds later than everyone else, I know there is no way it took me 39:54 to run the race. So I am estimating my time at around 39:24 or even 39:00 if you consider the part where I had to stop and adjust my IPod. Apparently that chip only registers when you cross the finish line, not when you cross the starting line. I wonder if that is different for big races (like the Lincoln Marathon) where you could possibly start a full minute after the people in the front row. Oh well, I know I did well!

Now I am looking ahead to running more races. I want to go see my friend Amy sometime in October. She has a new house to show off, and I am ready for a vacation. During the time we will be there her neighborhood has a festival, and as part of that event there will be a 5k run. We are so going to do it! And we all want to better our times. Amy wants to attempt to run it at 11-minute miles and I want to do the whole thing in 37 minutes. I don't know if that means running without stopping at 12-minute-miles or if I should learn to run faster so I can still take my two walk breaks. There is something mentally calming about taking the walk breaks, and since so much of running is mental, that might be what I need. I am going to develop an eight week run-faster plan. Please keep harping on me so that I don't embarrass myself in front of those Atlantan-ers.

My long weekend is finally coming to an end. All my out of town visitors have left. I go back to work tomorrow. My reunion is over! In some ways the weekend seemed to take forever. Yet, in no way am I ready to return to work. Tonight I am headed to Combat! Tomorrow I had something planned, but it appears to be cancelled. So it looks like I can make it to BodyPump after all! Good thing too, because I hate when my routine is interrupted.