Half-marathon training – Week 6 – Love ‘em or leave ‘em

This week instead of my usual Saturday cross training and Sunday long run I took Saturday off in order to “taper” for a 5K race on Sunday – the Love ‘em or Leave ‘em Valentine’s Day Dash at Green Lake. A few of my girlfriends and I ran the race together this morning. My time was 27:35 which is a 30 second improvement over my Jingle Bell Run time from December. The most amazing thing is that my mile split times were 9:39, 8:37 and 8:29 which means I actually sped up instead of slowed down during the race. Really my friend Rebecca (who ran NCAA division 1 track when she was in college) set the pace and I just focused on keeping up with her! The race was a lot of fun but the best part might have been the delicious post race Sunday brunch we went out for!