I haven’t fully recovered from my marathon when I joined this race (not doing more than 3 runs before the race didn’t help, either)…but regardless…I will never fall below 25:30 again in a 5K race.  This is beyond embarrassing!

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So I completed all the races I planned to join earlier this year. I feel great!

For 2012, here is my short list:

• NYC Half-Marathon (if I get in)
• Silver Lake 5
• Princeton 10K
• Boston Half
• Philadelphia or NYC Marathon (if I get in).   GOAL: To beat 3:50

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Somewhat better. 4:41.

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Finished. Barely. 5 HOURS.

It’s quite apparent that at mile 18 or so that I have not prepared enough for this. My longest run before the race was 17 miles.

I felt hitting “The Wall” more than once. I didn’t have the energy even to lift my legs! I have no idea how I managed to pick up my pace around mile 22!

I’m running the Philly Marathon next month…Hopefully I’d fare better…at least I know what to expect. I think.

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I wasn’t even expecting to do OK today because my leg muscles were still stiff from a long run yesterday. Still a FAIL, though. No excuses.

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I think I’m getting the hang of going minimalist…I ended up with a VivoBarefoot Neo. 8:30 minute-mile! YEEEZZZ!

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I got an email the other day from Newton Running about their zero-drop MV2 shoe announcement. What perfect timing since I’m trying out minimalist running again. But unfortunately, along with their Manolo-Blahnik pricing ($125), they somehow had a lapse of judgment…and made the toe box narrower…just like any other big-name shoe manufacturer that jumped the “minimalist shoe bandwagon.” FAIL for Newton.

I ended up ordering two other shoes to try out: the Vivo Ultra, and the SoftStar RunAmoc Dash (Road version). Both have wide toe box. Because, you know, minimalist running is supposed to emulate barefoot running…you can’t do that with a constricted toe box.

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It’s probably a phase right now…I started going minimalist tonight with my Vibrams FF Classic which I bought maybe a year ago. Now I know why I never got accustomed to this thing; it gave me lotsa blisters. :-/

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New 5K PB 8:17. Although I felt I should have gone 8:00 or better.

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8:30

Goal for next year: hit below 8-minute mile.

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