A little more on running

I've had a little time to think about running and I'm feeling somewhat confident on some of my running goals.

I ran quite a few 5ks in a fairly short amount of time and after finishing the last one I felt pretty beat up, but maybe running four in two months, and missing a fifth for race week, was probably too aggressive for me.  It wasn't that I couldn't complete them, I did, but I felt beat up afterwards, and I was in some pain.  Maybe it was the long layoff after pulling my hamstring, but I ran my second fastest time in March.  However after two weeks of rest I feel a lot better and the joint pain has gone away.  

So what does that mean?  First off, I am definitely training for the Dunedin Triathlon, and that will be my next race.  I will definitely have to run between now and May 18th, but I think it will be mostly jogging.  After a little rest, I'm going to start working on distance and pace.   I'm registered for the Four on the Fourth and would like to beat my time from last year which, barring injury, I think I can do.  Since I'll probably miss the Tarpon Triathlon I want to focus on my two other goals this year which were running a 10k and getting my 5k time under 30 minutes.  I feel good about the 10k, but its the 5k time which might be difficult.  Long term?   I feel good about my plan to run the Miami Half Marathon in 2027.

This wasn't as well thought out as I wanted it to be but so be it.

tldr: running a lot is hard, but I think I over did it.   I feel good about my goals and have training plans to make them happen.

Talk soon...