My goal this winter was to try to get to 10 mph on the treadmill, with a goal of breaking 19:00 in a 5k race. It looks as if that will probably not happen, at least this year. After about 5 months on the treadmill, I could not take it anymore and started running outside again. That is fine as it goes, but it is harder to work on speed outside. I maxed out at 9.7 mph on the treadmill this year, and I’m still hoping to break a 19:30 5k time – I’ll have to see how it goes.

First, I have to get back in shape! Because of spring break, and then being sick, and then being busy, I had not run for three weeks until this morning. I went at a fairly easy pace, and ran about 4.3-4.4 miles today. I did okay, but it always amazes me that months of training can go away for short periods of time. My lungs hurt for much of the run, and my legs were quite tired at the end. I’m sure I’ll be okay again within a week or two of running, but I’m not sure the 19:00 5k is going to happen this year. Maybe next year!