The Lull is over

This is the third fall that I've done a "big race" and it always takes a while for me to get back on the running bandwagon afterwards.  This year I had the complications of moving and finals to the usual lull.

I rekindled my energy this year in the way that I always do... RACES!  I also realized that if I sign up earlier I would save on race costs.   As a part of my desire to save on costs, I joined the Minnesota Distance Running Association (www.runmdra.org), which was $25, and allows me to sign up for a lot of very affordable and some free races.

Looking up interesting races and figuring out my 2013 race calendar (Race Plans) was super fun and totally gave me the runner's bug again.

In other news, I'm still chasing that sub 30 5K.  In keeping with that, here's something I found on pinterest...

Source: fantasmo.blogspot.com.au via Erin on Pinterest

Now, I must tell you I hate the title "Killer Kardio", as I don't care for poor spelling or masochistic insinuations about exercise, but it seems like a pretty creative and challenging work out.  I'd love to tell you that I just waltzed right though this, but I couldn't even come close.  I did a very modified (wimpy) version: I did less than half of the sets and about 6 mins of running for each interval.  So my goal is to work up to being able to complete the workout and I think that might well coincide with the sub 30 5K.  We'll see.