Run a 5k in less than 30 minutes

I set a goal for running a 5k in less than 30 minutes and so help me I’m going to accomplish it some day! Dang, I sooo wanted 35 minutes to be good enough but my conscience won’t let me cheat on this goal.

I ran the 5k Stuffing Strut yesterday and ended up with a run time of 35:36. I know it’s not under 30 minutes, but it will have to do. I so want to be finished with this goal that I’m willing to cheat to mark it as complete.

Yesterday I had one of the best runs of my life! I ran for 40 minutes without walking and finished it up with a sprint that came from nowhere. It was crazy, the only reason I decided to stop running was because it was getting very dark outside and insects were emerging from their dens. I ran around my sisters neighborhood so I’m not exactly sure how far I went but it was at least 3.5 miles.

My legs are really sore today but I was still able to circuit train at Curves. Now I need to focus on increasing my speed so that I can breeze through the next 5k in 30 minutes of less!

Today I went for an extremely invigorating morning run with my boyfriends father. The guy is almost 60 years old and he left me panting and limping in the dust! LOL, it was really fun and I actually shaved a full minute off of my time from last week. On June 11th we’re running a 5k for juvenile diabetes together so I’m hoping to make it in under 35 minutes. He is a wonderful man and I look forward to having such a motivational running partner.