Runner's support and Accountability

@missingWDW I’m sorry about your injury and the problems you’ve been having I hope you can get it addressed and fixed soon! I would join you in a D-Cot challenge

@RIDineyPinGuy That’s terrible! I hope you feel better again soon!

@starbee , Thank you!

@nacfan I appreciate it. Still fighting it. Hopefully will have it shook-out by next weekend

@connie96 Way to go! that’s some dedication and clear progress! It paid off! I remember when in would take me around 50 minutes to run a 5K. Now I can do it in under 33 minutes.

@missingWDW I hope you’re feeling better now! Way to go on the 10 miles! If you can knock out 10 like that, I’m sure you’ll be just fine for your half. You still have 2 months and as far as the Princess half goes… DO IT!

I really want to do the virtual 5Ks this year! I thought about it last year but have zero interest in superheros. I love the parks theme. Never done a virtual race before but I think this will be fun. When does registration usually open? Do I have to worry about it selling out quickly?

I’ve been very consistent with my running. I have to remind myself that I’m building a base and I’m not going to be anywhere near where I used to be when I was running full marathons, either time-wise or distance-wise. I’m running 13-15 miles a week and considering how consistent I’ve been for 4 weeks I feel great about it. I’m going to be running a 5K in a couple weeks and am looking forward to it, even if it won’t be my fastest by a long shot. I’m doing yoga on my off days, stretching a lot, and getting massages whenever I can. Being in my mid-30s means I have to spend a lot more time on that kind of thing than I did when I was 20 and could just ignore any tight muscles. Getting older is such a hassle sometimes.

lemontwist wrote:

Never done a virtual race before but I think this will be fun. When does registration usually open? Do I have to worry about it selling out quickly?

Registration used to open in April but it looks like Nascfan found it opens earlier this year on March 24. I have done the Virtual Race series twice (2017 & 2019) so ask me any questions you have! You can also PM me

Are you wanting to do the challenge or just one race? Last year everything sold out but the individual races were the first to sell out before the challenge. Nothing sold out within days, but I do remember that by the time May rolled around (remember registration opened in April) June’s 5K was already sold out. I expect the Parks Series will be popular so I would always say register as soon as possible if you can to avoid disappointment. The price won’t change depending on when you register.

@starbee, @nascfan, thank you for the encouragement!

So, I have signed up for my next 5k to run on the morning of 3/28. I find that I am also tempted to sign up for a glow-run that same evening… so, two 5Ks in one day… Something I have never even considered before. Does this sound like a fun thing to do once or just ridiculously stupid?? I have done 10k in training several times in the past couple months so I’m not worried about the distance. Maybe I’m more worried about wimping out somewhere in the middle of the day and skipping out on the second one. I don’t mind spending money on races but I’m very much opposed to bailing on a race I paid for.