24 hour fundraiser, track, 5 miles

I did the 24 hour fundraiser with my runners today/yesterday, and I'm pretty happy with my efforts. During a 15 or so hour period I ran a total of 5 miles. The first 3 were all just barely sub 7 minutes. The 4th was 6:48, which I'm incredibly happy with seeing as I haven't run this fast since 2000 or so. And the 5th was 7:30.

Bridge of Hope, 5k(ish), 25:41

So I ran a 5k today and I did okay, not what I wanted, but for the amount of training I put in it was what was to be expected. I got 3rd overall for the women, and I got 2nd in my age group (annoyingly, I would have gotten 1st if I'd been 29 still).I came in third after the woman that beat me in my age group, and an 11 year old. If ever there was a reason to get in shape, there it is.
I kinda like the racing thing now that it's not competitive, and it's just against my own time. I'm going to sign up for another race soon.

Neighborhoodish, 3 miles, 25 minutes

Today was region cross country for my team. It wasn't a great day, and after dealing with my asshole assistant all I wanted to do was come home and go for a run. Thus the time, which for me, right now is decent. I went up from my house to melbourne, over to honeycut, down siggard, on highland, up 33, to imperial and home. I feel good.

Neighborhood, 1.2 miles, time?

I'm starting this, to keep me motivated, and also to document my foray into partial barefoot running.
Today I did the loop around my neighborhood with truly bare feet. Prior to today I've only tried barefoot on grass and on the track. This was interesting. My feet were a bit tired, but the ground definitely worked on them. I expected this, but I see now why it is so important to train in small distances.
I did go for a 40 minute run in shoes yesterday and I had a great time, largely because my knees didn't hurt. Ever since I've been shifting my landing position as per the barefoot concept my knees have felt pretty good. I'm hoping that this barefoot thing will keep of the good feelings.