JCC Turket Trot 5k - Boca Raton FL

This was one of my most interesting 5k, only got in 4 hrs of sleep after hanging with the family through the wee hours of the morning, got introduced to some awesome alcoholic ginger beer and found no coffee in the morning and none on the way since we were only 10mins from the start line.

Original plan was to run to the start as my warmup but all that went out the door due to the conditions above, but on a good note 4 of my family members got up and ran with me including my sister in law doing her first ever race.

According to the Floridians it was very cold, which translate to the sun was out and it was windy, less than 2000 people but this was a 7:30am start so not  surprise since this was quite early for a turkey trot.

My goal was 25mins, this was a stretch under normal conditions, and those described about made it more interesting, I decided to run as hard as possible by feel and see what happens, didn't accomplish my goal of 25mins but ended up at 26:00:05 which I am quite happy with since this is 1:34 faster than the last one in June. Plan/goal is to continue to work on speed while marathon training.

My in-laws also sleep deprived were nice enough to wake up and come out to cheer

Had a great time with the family and eating the thanksgiving fest after running a fast 5k makes for great times.

We spend most of the weekend walking around South Beach so only came back from Florida 1.5 pounds heavier, now to get back on the program.

What's next

Time to start looking at 2015 race season, only race registered for right now is the Paris Marathon on April 12, 2015, to far away not to have a couple of races before that if I am to maintain my fitness through the cold winter months.

Current plan is to train and race a Turkey Trot 5k, found a competitive one in Boca Raton, Florida where we will be for Thanksgiving.

What's the goal and plan?

Current 5K PR 24:57 in 2012
Last year 2103 fastest 5k was 26:20 hilly and Sunday after a HM
This year 2014  fastest /only 5k 27:34, up till 1am partying

Am sure you see the trend the downward trend, I have really never trained just added a quick speed work during marathon training to do them, since there is no marathon in the horizon going to use the Brain Training for runners 5k program as a template, I say template because I am not following the program 100%.

To get the speed work in since they will mostly be on the treadmill, I will be using Coach Troy's Runerval 7.0, just need him for the push, I will hopefully get a run in with Shelby on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Tuesdays will be easy just to run on tired legs but Thursday even thou the legs will be tired form the speed work the goal will be to do a progressive speed work or hill repeats.

To stay all rounded, yoga and strength training will remain in the program. For strength the plan will be to use Kettlebell Kickboxing Body Series (KBBS), with some Cathe and Drop to Sizes thrown in. For Yoga it will be mainly Ultimate Yogi but we will have Baptiste, Yoga Warrior 365 and some youtube Yin Yoga thrown in.

Not really a fan of 5ks, harder on my body but I need to get the speed back, to make sure am putting my best foot forward I am also working on dropping weight to get back to my racing weight which is about 150# currently at 163#, so started back logging at myfitnesspal to hold myself accountable to what I eat since I do workout hard but I eat a whole lot more, healthy or not. If all work out well, should be at least 5 pounds lighter, I guess in time to eat it back doing thanksgiving.

To clearly state the goal

Race a thanksgiving 5k in under 25mins and drop weight to about 155# by then.

Giving Thanks

Unusual Thanksgiving this year with my husband out of the country and us not spending with his family like we have done the last 5 years but I did get to spend it with my Sister and her family. Had the turkey in the oven by 6:30am before going out the door to join the Grunt Girls for the 1st Annual Run with the Lucky Turkeys nice trail run to the Brandywine waterfall, the weather was perfect it was a great day to start a day of feasting, got in about 6 miles.

Today, was Wild Bill's Annual Day after Thanksgiving Run or depending on which side of the fence you are on Tara's Black Friday Run, it was suppose to be 21 miles but stop at 13.5 since I was running late to meet my son, wish we have started earlier to have been able to get the miles in, well tomorrow is another day. Excellent run with beautiful waterfall and dams to see.

Hope you are all having a great Thanksgiving Weekend, Happy Trails