{"id":948,"date":"2010-03-14T15:45:33","date_gmt":"2010-03-14T15:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/runningtrainingplan.com\/runningpress\/?p=948"},"modified":"2010-07-19T22:41:14","modified_gmt":"2010-07-19T21:41:14","slug":"week-9-st-patricks-day-5k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runningtrainingplan.com\/runningpress\/week-9-st-patricks-day-5k\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 9: St. Patrick\u2019s Day 5K"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week went quite well. Total milage was 12.1 and on\u00a0Sunday I ran the Charm City St. Patty’s Day 5k in Baltimore MD, Barefoot.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I began running completely and solely Barefoot on January 10th, 2010. Since then I have followed the 1\/8th of a mile up to 3 miles and then the 10% rule up until last Thursday when I ran my furthest distance of 4.5 miles. 2 months in, my feet feel great and my form continues to improve every day. I thought singing up for this 5k would be a bit ambitious, but it turned out to be a great success.<\/p>\n

Since I had already done 3.1, I wasn’t too worried about the distance, but more about the course. Amazingly enough, the streets of Baltimore were so smooth and BF friendly I actually spent less time dodging debris and more time running. My biggest obstacle was dancing around people and concentrating on keeping my form up with all the “attention.”<\/p>\n

So I wore my VFF’s to the start, 15 minutes before the gun, I disrobed and left my stuff with the GF. The comments began in a flutter. All good, but plenty of questions even at the start line. I felt good defending our running choice and felt like I was educating along the way.<\/p>\n

The race was hardly that. 4,500 people in a 5K was more like a drunk green party than a race. I of course started back in the pack not to be ambitious. Up until this point, with all my road hazards at home and fear of re-injury, i haven’t zenthed the 10 minute mile. Since the begging was a party I did the first .2-.3 miles in about 10:30 min miles with the pack and finished the last 2.9 miles at an 8:57 a mile pace. (i laped myself after the first wave of almost walkers was behind me) I basicly broke loose, felt the form and let go. It was a blast.<\/p>\n

I finished overall with a time of 29:27 which was 9:28 miles. I wasn’t even shooting for a good time, but I was very happy with my pace overall.<\/p>\n

Comments: oh so many. As I passed many people (a product of being so far back in the field) I heard the entire spectrum of comments. Only one couple ran beside me for a spell asking me some questions, truly interested.<\/p>\n

Overall it was a great race. \u00a0This race game me so much inspiration, I can’t wait to get back out and do another race. I’ve already scheduled a 10k for late April, but I have the itch now.<\/p>\n

Long Live Barefoot Runners!<\/p>\n

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