Another 5k

Running Another 5k. I'm running the Run for the Bear to support Bear Necessities, the children's cancer place. It sounds like I have a cheering section too. Mom, Dad, Cathy, and possible Megan and Dan might come out since the race is in my hometown. Plus, there's a pancake breakfast afterwards that's open to the public!

Now I just have to get myself put together so I can give them a good show. I'm going to try to be smart and run a negative split this time. For you non-runners, that means run the second half of the race faster than the first half. The novice runner runs hard at the beginning and steadly slows down as they run out of endurance. This is bad bad bad. I'm shooting for a 8:00ish minute pace for the first 2 miles, and then a 7:30 pace for the last 1.1 miles. That should have me finishing in 24:15, which would be a 1:45 shave off my last race. We'll see...