Sunday, April 21, 2013

Pink Elephants and PRs!

Hope everyone is having a nice weekend!  I did the Virtual 5K: Pink Elephants on Parade this morning, benefiting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.  Not only did I get to contribute to a worthy charity, but there's an adorable medal too!  I like doing virtual races, it helps fill in the gaps between races out here.  I live in a pretty rural area and there are not many races offered.  


I didn't have anything pink to wear, but purple was close and I thought the pigtails were fitting.  ;)  I may just put my hair like this from now on when running, it didn't swing around and pull as much as my ponytail does...and it makes me look about 12 instead of 40.  LOL




It was cold to start (44 degrees) but after about a mile and a half I warmed up.  I decided that I wanted to try and push a bit and better my time, so I tried to get my pace up without pushing too much.  I had a moment where I had to stop the Garmin and walk because there was a dog loose near where I was running and I know they get in chase mode sometimes when they see runners.  I just walked until he couldn't see me (maybe a minute) and then started the Garmin back up.  Turned around and headed back and really pushed when I saw I was going to beat my previous time.  Finished up with 31:52!  That's a great pace for me, so I was pleased.






I misjudged my mileage though and had quite a bit to get back home, so I decided to just keep running.  I stopped briefly to take a picture of the blooming trees in our town.  Perfect day for a Pink elephant run, lots of pink to see!



Ran back home and kept a pretty good pace, I finished up with 4.75 miles in 50:21 minutes.  A 10:36 pace for the whole thing!  


I received my first Kona Kase, I'll do a review once I try out everything in it.  Now off to enjoy the sun and do some afternoon yardwork!  

Oh!  I almost forgot.  I made a Facebook page for my blog as well.  Losing The Glass Slippers
I joined twitter too, but I don't totally GET Twitter.  LOL.  I need to spend more time over there figuring it out.  It's bad when you are asking your daughter to explain what the purpose of a hashtag is!  :p 


Have you ever done a virtual race?  Do you like them? 
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8 comments:

  1. KimApril 21, 2013 at 8:26 PM

    Congrats on the 5k PR! You must be very happy! :) I haven't done a virtual race yet, but I'm signed up for a Star Wars 5k that needs to be completed by May 4th. I'm thinking about running it in person with my brother who is also signed up.

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    1. Karen OrozcoApril 22, 2013 at 2:25 AM

      I ran my previous one with my son and that was fun! It obviously doesn't feel like an actual race, but I try to treat it just like a race by thinking about what I would do in a race when I get to a hill, etc. Star Wars 5K sounds fun!

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  2. LaurenApril 22, 2013 at 6:03 AM

    Congrats on your PR!! I love the name of that virtual race :) I haven't done a virtual race yet, but I definitely would.

    And I love the photo with all the pink flowers, so gorgeous! What kind of flowers are they?

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    1. Karen OrozcoApril 22, 2013 at 6:11 AM

      Thanks Lauren! I think they are dogwood trees!

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  3. LenaApril 22, 2013 at 12:56 PM

    LOVE the pigtails!!! I find I like those over a regular ponytail as well! Nice work on the time! A PR is a PR, whether it's recorded on a race timing chip or on your Garmin while running!

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    1. Karen OrozcoApril 22, 2013 at 1:33 PM

      Thanks Lena! I think pigtails might be my new go-to when running. I swear when I feel cute I run faster! LOL!

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  4. Karen SealApril 23, 2013 at 4:27 AM

    The pink trees are beautiful and congrats on an awesome run! :0)

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    1. Karen OrozcoApril 23, 2013 at 5:03 AM

      Thanks Karen!! I love your blog, BTW! I've been reading for quite a while, just lurking and reading.

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