Fitness Friday: My First Virtual Race

Image Credit: Jane Theriault

Here we go! Some thing to check off my
2014 Fitness Goals list (this wasn't on their specifically, but I planned to add more races to my goals.) I have completed a Virtual 5K! I did it on the treadmill because it was below zero all morning on the day I decided to complete it.

I remember when I said I wouldn't run outside if it was below freezing, but then last year I was training for my first half marathon and needed to go outside and amended my training minimum temperature to above zero, so being that it was -17 when I brought my daughter to school and -4 when I was ready to run, the treadmill was the desired place.

I don't always like running on my treadmill because my body feels like it is
making me run significantly faster than what it says. And then when I get outside and run with the same feeling in my body I end up with a much faster time, which makes me smile. So, my time here isn't my best, but just happy to be under 30min for a 5K. Guess I need to work back up to a sub-9min/mi.

Anyways, a little bit about the race. It was put on by a fellow Sweat Pink Ambassador, Jane Theriault . She is running to raise money for the Annual Fund at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston as a benefactor for her 2014 Boston Marathon fundraising. This virtual 5K is one of the ways she is raising money.

Image Credit: Jane Theriault

Next up on the goals list is to find a fun race that my daughter and I can do together. We have done shorter ones, like 1 mile, but now she has agreed to do a 5K with me. She really wants to do the Color Run like I did before, but I think I might find something a little different. I didn't care for trying to get all that color out of my blond hair and white skin last time, as it kinda stains.