events

It’s official. I’ve registered for my first 5k - the Baldwin Park Pride of the Valley 5k Run. I was going to wait till I was hitting the 20min mark before entering an actual race, but I needed some motivation in my training.  The race description says it’s a fast flat track and the race is sanctioned and monitored by USAT&F so we’ll see how well I do on my very first officially timed 5k!

The Camp Pendleton Mud Run happened to be mentioned on a show we were watching tonight so I went to the website to see when the next event would be. It turns out that there are 3 Mud Runs planned in July, but all 3 have been sold out since January. What I didn’t realize is that the Marines host a series of events including bike races, duathlons, 10k, half marathons, sprint triathlons and triathlons. There’s even a high-altitude 10k event held at the Mountain Warfare Training Center in the Toiyabe National Forest.

I’d love to compete in every event of the entire series but I’m not ready yet. But I will be.

I’m currently watching ABC Nightline which is running a story on the Marathon Des Sables - a 6 day/151 mile run through the Sahara desert. I’m very intrigued!!! Sounds insane and fun!