Zombies, Run! Mission Ultra-Violet

46:10 minutes - 3.17 miles - 14:35 min/mile

Today I ran the 5K race mission, Ultra-Violet. I went to the park to run it, since it was a longer run, and distance-based, so I wanted the GPS to be more accurate. And also because it was more fun! I wore my belt with the water bottle, even though it was a short run, to make sure I stayed hydrated. The weather was cool-ish, around 70 F, but the sun was out and beating down on me when I wasn't in the shade, so I'm glad I had the water.

There were two zombie chases, at 12 and 29 minutes. The first one was just as I was finishing the lower loop, and I was getting tired from going uphill and looking forward to taking a little walk once I reached the parking lot, and then—zombies! I tried, but I couldn't evade them and had to drop supplies. That's the first time since my first run, but oh well. Second one came just as I was at the turnaround at the top of the hill, so got to run downhill and evaded them easily.

My splits were 13:55, 15:04, and 14:30. Huh, no wonder I couldn't evade that first zombie mob, I went out pretty fast. Cool that I managed to keep my second mile near 15 minutes, since that one is all uphill. I'm pretty pleased with my time.

Now, to figure out how to manage the 10K. The Zombies, Run! app has a beginner's 10K training plan, three days a week for eight weeks. I may do that. Hm, if I start on Monday, it will get me to 10K on October 1.  Couple of weeks later, I can run the Virtual Race 10K on Sat October 22, then start training for the Disneyland Half Marathon on Monday the 24th. Once I'm trained up for a Half Marathon, I'll be able to do the 20K, and then finally I'll be ready to start Season 2 near the end of January! (Or maybe I'll start sneaking in Season 2 missions on the in-between weeks—I don't think I'll mind too much doing the races out of order.)