Saturday morning I participated in the 9th annual Chattahoochee Challenge 10K. I’ve heard about this race for a while, as people talk about it as one of the best races to qualify for the Peachtree Road Race since it is nice and flat. The weather wasn’t perfect today as it was 40F with a windchill of probably close to 32F, but it didn’t rain during the race, so I consider ourselves lucky!

Now that I’m back in shape to the point where running a 5K or 10K race is feasible, I’ve been trying to get out and run at least one road race a month. As part of that quest, I decided to join the Atlanta Track Club as they put on a number of races during the year which are free if you are a member. It just so happened that the first event I was able to do was their end of the year Grand Finale 5K.

What better way to spend a Saturday morning than taking over the roads of Atlanta with over 55,000 of your closest friends? I can’t think of many better things, which means I’ll probably be running the Peachtree Road Race for the next few years!

This past Saturday, I participated in the Virginia Highlands Summerfest 5k. This marked the halfway point in my training for the 10K I’m working towards, and also a good progress indicator to see how my training was coming along. It had been four weeks since my first 5K where I ran a 29:45.

Earlier this month, I participated in my first running race in over 7 years – the Big Peach 5K Run. In preparation for this, for the past 8 weeks I had been working through Hal Higdon’s 5K training plan. The plan was simple and easy for me to understand – just the way I like it! I was able to follow it without missing any runs so when it came to race day, I felt ready and knew I would be finishing the race. If you want to cut to the chase, here is the race on Garmin Connect.