Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Run for Jesus 5K

The forecast Friday night looked disappointing. Thunderstorms all day, along with 15mph wind. I awake Saturday morning to some lite sprinkles, and a little bit of wind. I pick up my nephew, then my friend Kent. I pray that the rain holds off. We arrive at the race and I'm pleasantly surprised at the quality of the course. Very nice!

Fast forward to the race. It's about 50 degrees, very little wind, and no rain! Perfect race weather!


All three of us broke our goals! I ran a 20:54, and placed 4/93. My nephew ran a 28:49 and placed 32/93. Kent ran a 34:11 and placed 42/93.

I also got some swag! I got a Christian CD for 1st in my age group, and I won another CD as a door prize!

Overall, it was a great race! I loved the opportunity to spend some quality time with family and friends!

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

3 days until I run for Jesus!

Today's workout: 1 mile warm-up, 3x800 @ 3:18, 1 mile cool-down

The run, walk, bike, drive for Jesus 5K is only 3 days away! The forecast as of today looks ok. The days high is 67, 11mph wind, and a tad bit of rain. I've ran in much worse!

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Run 4 Jesus 5K goals

Today's workout: 6 miles @ 8:05 pace

One week until the Run for Jesus 5K! I haven't ran a 5K in a while, so it's difficult to come up with accurate goals, but I'm going to give it my best guess.

Overall time goal: 21:38
Mile Pace goal: 6:47
Place goal: ??? (No prior results to refer to)

Praise the Lord and run on!

Friday, April 16, 2010

Noobs!

I honestly don't know if I've ever been so excited about running as I have been this past week!

First off, one of my pastors/friends that has been off and on running for a long time now, is doing his 2nd race ever with me this upcoming weekend! I'm very proud of him for the effort he has been putting in to making himself a healthier person.

I am also extremely excited that my 9 year old nephew has shown interest this last week in running the same race with me! He's never raced before, and only ran in gym class. He's really excited to run with his uncle, and I'm excited to have a family member so interested in running! We've started doing some weekly easy runs, and I'm teaching him all that I know about my sport. I don't want to push him, but if he decides to continue running into middle school, I would be one thrilled uncle! I've always been the only Amburgey to run (at least any time recently).

I do look forward to running this race, but this time around I am more excited about the company I keep than the race I run. These are truly good times!

Praise the Lord and run on!