Post Halloween Post

So Halloween was fun. Went trick-or-treating with the kids. Dressed up. Met with a lot of great friends. And ate and drank garbage! I had 3 bloody mary’s, cream cheese filled salami, Doritos, pigs in a blanket (3 different varieties no less), a carnitas slider, a quesadilla, caramel popcorn and of course, candy. I guess you can call that a cheat meal…

I’m not super-concerned about gaining fat, but I am concerned how all that junk food will affect my performance today. I wanted to again beat my 5k time, even if only slightly. My strategy is going to be running the first 2 miles at 6.7 mph, about a 9 minute mile. This pace would take me to a 28 minute 5k. However, I plan to kick it into gear on mile 3, increasing my speed slightly each quarter mile and then take the last tenth at 8.5 mph or so. I’m pretty sure that can get me sub 27 minutes. I’ll post after my run to see how I fared.