Still Running

This past Saturday Eric and I ran together outside. We've figured out that if he runs on a "recovery" day, it works out okay. He can pretty much speed walk alongside my run! We went to the trail off Isabelle between Boulder and Erie. It was great! We had really nice weather. Somewhere around 55F and sunny! I have never been trail running before or done hills. This run had both! We ran 4 miles. I had to stop about three times for a brief walking break but I felt pretty good about my performance anyhow! I think I ran it in about 45-50 minutes.

This Sunday, March 14, will be my first running race. I'm not really "racing" so much as just trying to finish in a respectable time. It is a 7k St. Patrick's Day race. I even took a day off work for it. My goal is simply to run as much of it as I can, and finish in under an hour. Ideally, I'd finish is 44:00 or less, but I recently read the course is hilly. Since I have a total of one hill run under my belt, I don't have great expectations if that's the case.

As for the rest of life...I'm on Spring Break now. The weather hasn't been very nice this week, so I'm not even getting outside to climb. I've have however been working on my application to the University of Colorado Hospital. They have an amazing Graduate Nurse Residency Program. I'd love to be a part of it, but it's very competitive. They have a whole year of training and special stuff for new grads. I'm applying to any of the ICU units, oncology or transplant. I'd be happy working anywhere though. It's a really long application process.

Well, I'll report back after the race!