Mayor's 5k Challenge in Nashville

On Sunday, November 13, I participated in the Mayor's 5k challenge in Nashville. It was a great experience. Mayor Karl Dean urged Nashvilians to get out and get healthy by running with him. I also took this as an opportunity to get one more 5k in before my next event on Thanksgiving, which is a 4-miler. It's less than a week away and I walked/ran the course today. This is my second year doing Borodash so I was familiar with the course. It's mostly flat - which I like and this morning was fine weather-wise.

Finish line at the top of the hill!

I hope you enjoy my pictures. Nashville is a great place to run! But there are lots of hills. I'm hoping to end 2012 strong on my last race next week.

Race results

The day is here! Its time for BoroDash! It was a great morning for a run. I woke up around 6 a.m. and got ready to go. I had a protein shake for breakfast and headed over to MTSU for the race.

Here are the BoroDash Race results. I didn't come in last place! But my motto for the day was to finish and not worry about my time. I felt good about my results since my time for the 4 mile race today was better than the last 5k race I did in October. Its all about progress. I managed do run some for this race instead of walk the entire thing. I ran into some high school buddies of mine and we did it together. It was good catching up with them. Here are some pictures from the race.

I hope everyone has had a wonderful Thanksgiving day. We are actually eating our dinner tomorrow at my sister's house. I am making a promise to my family to not nag anyone about healthy eating at our dinner. It's one day...right? I must remember that I shouldn't try to push my healthy eating ideas on everyone else, especially on a holiday where spending time with family is more important.

Have a good one!

Taking it to the streets

I went out this morning for a run in my neighborhood. My next event, BoroDash is less than 2 weeks away. I want to be able to run at least part of this race. I seem to be able to run on the treadmill with little pain or exhaustion, but for some reason, I am having trouble running on the street. And since this event is not going to take place on my treadmill, I am a little worried. I walked/ran 2 miles this morning but most of it was walking. I have some working to do.