Day 5 - The Bolder Boulder

A few days ago I posted that I was going to participate in a 5k run.  Well, it looks like I’m expanding my horizons.  Another friend started telling me about the Bolder Boulder 10k race on Memorial Day.  The 5k may have had me scared, but the 10k has me petrified.   I asked a few people around my office if they had ever participated in this race and they all raved about how much fun it is.  Fun, really?  Running for fun has never made sense to me.  But after listening to everyone talk about their experiences with this race, I started to get excited about the possibility.  So….I’m going to do it.  I’ve already got two other people committed to running the race with me. 

Now I’m really on the hook to do it.  I may have been able to find an excuse not to make it to SLC for the 5k.  It would have been easy because there was no local pressure.  But now that I have friends here in Denver, that I see almost everyday, committed to running the race with me…I have no excuse to get out of it.  Hurray for peer pressure!

On my way home from work I stopped by Runner’s Roost to get some shoes.  I couldn’t believe how expensive running shoes can be.  But everyone I have talked to have said not to cheap out on running shoes or I’ll be sorry.  Lucky for me I received $100 Visa gift card today from work just for going to the doctor for an annual physical.  Yeah for a great benefits department!  Since my shoes are meant to help me be healthier, I couldn’t think of a better use for the gift card.  I’m now the proud owner of some new Nike running shoes. 

On to the boring stuff…

Breakfast

3 egg omelet

Mid Morning

Protein shake

Lunch

Grilled chicken breast

Snack

Protein bar

Dinner

Pork chop

½ cup of broccoli

Activity

Walked about 1.5 miles today.  Once again I couldn’t drag myself out of bed this morning to do anything else.

Training for the race begins this weekend.  The countdown begins….