Success! ... Kinda.

First of all, Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone! (if you care, that is)

Secondly, Amber and I did the KBCO Race around the Rez 5k this morning up in Boulder. I'll let Amber post about her run, but I am proud to say that while I didn't have the (or my) best time (32:33), I managed to run the entire race without walking once. For me, this is a big deal since my main issue with running isn't my legs, it's my lungs.

As I think I posted way back in the beginning, I have exercise-induced (sports) asthma. As a result, my lungs turn my breathing into what is known as "rusty pipe organ." To combat this, I use a few puffs from the ol' inhaler as well as concentrate on my breathing - two in, four out. Two in, four out. I wasn't paying attention to distance this morning until I saw the two mile marker ... soon after, my breathing was more of two in, two out which for me, is the beginnings of rusty pipe organ. I managed to keep it at two in, three out with some struggle for the rest of the race. Almost gave up and walked near the end, but I couldn't bring myself to walk when I could see the finish line in front of me.

In any case, I'm happy about not walking at all and have been so crazily wired that after coming back down from Boulder and enjoying a good chunk of Kinetics, I actually stopped at the gym and did 20 minutes on the stationary bike (7.2 mi) ... including the last five at a higher level than I ever usually do.

I know I'll probably feel it tomorrow when I'm at work at 6am, but for now, the endorphins still haven't seem to worn off yet.