{"id":1110,"date":"2010-04-22T09:05:21","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T15:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.familyofgoldsteins.com\/?p=1110"},"modified":"2010-04-22T09:05:21","modified_gmt":"2010-04-22T15:05:21","slug":"5k-and-the-filthy-fifty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.familyofgoldsteins.com\/?p=1110","title":{"rendered":"5k and the Filthy Fifty"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Saturday (4\/17\/2010), we had the finals for the 5k challenge that we had been participating in at CFCP. When we ran this one the first time, four weeks ago,<\/a> my time was 32:31. This time around, I did it in 30:50. That’s 1:40 in savings. Not too much of an improvement, but at least I didn’t go backwards. <\/p>\n

The most hilarious part of the whole day was that I won 2nd place for men in my age group. The fact that I won anything that had to do with running is straight up sad. There must have been only 2 of us =) <\/p>\n

Over the CFCP group did really well! V got 2nd place in her age group as well, so, now we have matching prize mugs that we toast with while we drink tea. I also won a snazzy marathon towel as a door prize. <\/p>\n

There were a few things that really got to me about this run. The first was that I had not even seen “Mile 2” yet when I could already hear that people were starting to finish. Wow, LAME. Next, after “Mile 1”, I didn’t see a marker for a while. When I saw another one coming up, I thought, “that’s GOT to be mile 3”. When I got up to it and saw that it was “Mile 2”, it was like someone took the wind out of my sails. Still, I pressed on. Running is mental and it’s a battle for me every single damn time. <\/p>\n

Yesterday (4\/21\/2010), we had the pleasure of doing the “Filthy Fifty”. This WOD is a horrible “chipper” which means that it’s just a long list of stuff that you “chip away” at. This list consist of: <\/p>\n