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training Tuesday – Thomas Wolfe 8k recap

The Thomas Wolfe 8k took place this past weekend and I’m so excited I participated.

Carol and I ran 3 miles on Friday and before that short run, my leg was not happy with me. I think I haven’t been stretching enough or doing any cross-training in the past couple of weeks, and my hamstring issues are beginning to return. I was not very hopeful about Saturday and we just went into it thinking it would be a fun run and not concentrate on being super speedy.

While I was walking to the gathering place for runners, a random runner stranger approached me about this possible race. Turned out he was staying at the hotel next door to the Thomas Wolfe house and I somehow convinced him he should sign up and run the race in 40 minutes. (Last I knew, he was running back to his hotel room to grab his wallet. Go, me, for convincing him to run this fun race!)

When I arrived at the start, I focused on stretching. My hamstring hurt to touch it, much less run on it. I think I stretched and tried to warm up for at least a half hour.

tw8k_6 Changes this year: the start location. Rather than finish on a downhill, the race started on a downhill. Really? WHO DOES THAT? Oh, right. We were in Asheville. Carol and I started in the middle of the pack and just took our time. Another change this year? The other race/walk that was planned along the similar route was not held at the same time. (Last year, so many runners ended up taking a wrong turn. It was terrible.)

We literally spent the race talking, catching up and plotting out my job prospects. I was not paying attention to my phone (I had it turned on so the RunKeeper notifications wouldn’t be audible) and we occasionally slowed down to get a photo. I noted that the leaves really haven’t changed much yet. It was very cloudy and gray on Saturday morning and a lot of the trees were still green. What gives, fall?
tw8k_1 And then we looked up and realized we were at mile 3! Who knew?? Before we knew it, we were at mile 4. We had just under a mile to go.
tw8k_4 I felt a little tired on that last mile and there’s kind of a long uphill to head back into downtown Asheville. I just wanted it to be over, but then we turned and we were right next to Mellow Mushroom, which meant we were a block away from the Thomas Wolfe house – the finish!
tw8k_3 The finish was on a downhill (YAY!!!) and I just let it all out on the course. I passed a woman who was just in front of us (funnily enough, she was also named Carol) and finished in 46:48! A total PR for this course!

Immediately upon finishing, we were greeted with Mellow Mushroom pizza and maple cookies from Earth Fare. (There was also beer, but I didn’t have any of that.) Pizza and cookies is THE BEST ending to a race!
tw8k_2 Next up for us is the Positive Prevention 12k in a couple of weeks. I had wanted to use the 8k as a training race/fun run. I felt we did that. So this week’s goal is to get a 6-miler in.

tw8k_5 My workouts for the past week looked like this:

Tuesday – rest.

Wednesday – Walked around the nature center and the neighborhood with the toddler boy.

Thursday – 2 miles in the rain.

Friday – 3 miles

Saturday – Thomas Wolfe 8k race! 46:48.

Sunday – Walking

Monday – Cycle class

This week I want to get a 6-miler in and water aerobics. I’ve got a pretty packed week, so we’ll see how it goes. Did you run a race this weekend? Training just to train? Link up below!

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I'm a 30-something-year-old living in Asheville, NC with my husband, preschooler son, baby girl and cat. I'm a girl of many trades. I run, craft, sew and so much more. I blog all about it.
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