Zombies, Run! Virtual Race 5K

54:39 minutes - 3.40 miles - 16:05 min/mile

Obviously, I didn't get any more training in before the Virtual Race, so I decided to just do the 5K and do my best. I went to the park to do my run, wore my European Rescue Force tee-shirt, and ran the loop. It was 11 AM by the time I got ready to hit the road, but fortunately the weather is still fairly cool this time of year, so it wasn't too bad running in the middle of the day. Temperature was low 60s and there were sparse clouds and a light breeze.

I'm actually pretty pleased with my time, considering I've only run once since mid-January. I figured it was only going to be 3 miles, so I might as well push it and not worry about saving any energy for later. I used a 1:1 minute run/walk ratio, and tried to keep my walking pace up.  My splits were 15:06, 16:39, and 15:40. I felt pretty good the whole way and didn't even get de-energized by the sun. It was good to finally get out there and do a run again. I hope I can keep it up this time, although soon it will be warming up enough that I'll have to get up early and run before the sun gets too hot.

The mission was different—I was not my usual Runner 5, but a runner with the European Rescue Force, and this was apparently set before the start of the Zombies, Run! main story, as the runners were aware of an infection but weren't expecting zombies, just trying to rescue a train that had gotten stuck in a tunnel. But zombies there were!

I still have the second training mission to run, which might help fill in a few things about this mission. I will run that next, and then I can get back to Season 2.