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Yesterday I felt some excitement and a sense of mission by committing to the first 5K race of the year on April 2. Today, I have no physical energy or interest. At least, I have reverted back to my vegetarian diet. So today is Day 1 for current veggie streak.

Rock the Parkway

After thinking about my last posting, I decided that my first race will be the Rock the Parkway 5K in Kansas City on Saturday April 2.  That is 46 days from today, plenty of time to be reasonably ready.

And So It Begins

I like to run. And I like to be connected with other runners and maintain some training history on the DailyMile social website. But, I when I began connecting on DM, I stopped keeping much of a separate detailed training and planning journal. This morning, on a whim, I began to think of running a 10K race at the beginning of May - which is not actually very far away. Especially since my winter-weather running schedule has been erratic. So far, the only 3 races I have run (all in late 2010) are 5Ks, and those not very fast. But, my favorite unstructured runs are always longer. So...    This forum seems like a good place to begin considering whether the goal of a late spring 5K race makes sense, several months sooner than previously planned.