A fun 5K starts with preparation
I like to run. It's fun.
I've been running 5Ks, sometimes a little farther, since I was 15. And for those keeping track, well, that's been 10 years now.
I've run in various 5Ks throughout the Tampa Bay area, including nine of the last 10 Gasparilla 5Ks. As a matter of fact, I'm running in a 5K this Saturday: the Brandon Shamrock Classic.
I actually just got back into doing more 5Ks with the intent of just proving to myself that I lost that freshman 15 - in my case, more like the senior 70.
But I realized that it's gotten tougher - not because I'm far from the strapping young lad I was nearly a decade ago, but because more and more people are now doing these runs, not to mention the heat has gotten even more unbearable.
So, I figured I'd go over some tips for those starting out on the 5Ks, or maybe even the mile walks, because let's face it - these runs are fun, even if you're not doing it to take home the gold medal.
These runs, most of which give proceeds to charity, are great social events, and most come with many free prizes, contests and postrace events.
Tags: marathon, shamrock
Saturday 15 Mar 2008 | Vergil | Uncategorized
I found it hard to breathe in Beijing, and that was the week they turned OFF all the factories.We should boycott Beijing. Our athletes can’t even eat the food without testing positive for steroid use.
I thought that it was a fag.
Dam that is a tough old geezer!I bet he is the original tough old geezer…
Finally something thats really eco friendly:P
edit: Suck it Hu
Having been to Beijing recently, I can say that the man has a point. Either the marathon-runners will choke on smog from the city’s 3 million registered cars, or on a dust-storm caused by overgrazing in the Inner Mongolia desert.
lol you really think if they thought of it, and it would have furthered their agenda/cause they wouldn’t do that? The thing is, people do all sorts of things like that, because it’s bigger than an individual, and most people are dead long before they are ever held accountable. Even the History channel is now saying that we let Pearl harbor happen to get in the war, and sway public support.