Getting ready for the Cap 10K

Since last year, I've been looking forward to running in the Capitol 10K again.  I've been slowly but steadily improving on my running times.  In December, I managed to run the Jingle Bell 5K in 23'26" (Jfer's #1302 and I'm #1303).  The holidays saw me slacking off a little, but I've been getting back to form and last Saturday rand the ARC Daisy 5K in 23'16" (I'm #249 in a yellow shirt).  The weather was perfect for both runs, but I liked the Jingle Bell course better since it had the second half of the course go downhill - exactly the opposite from the Daisy.

Last year I did the Cap 10K fun-run, and I think it took me around 1:26'.  At that time I set my goal to run it next year in under an hour.  I've since upped up my goal and am aiming to finish in under 50 minutes.  We'll see how it goes - I'm terrible at pacing myself and tend to run too fast at the beginning and then petering out.

Jennifer is planing to do the fun run with Magda in a stroller, so I'll probably go back and finish with them, too.