Possible Change of Focus

I've been very focused on my long races - my marathons and beyond - for a while now.  There may be a slight change in my priorities coming up.  I'm probably going to start running more shorter races - 5Ks, 10Ks.  This is due not in a small part to my (fairly new) boyfriend, Malachi.  He's a runner as well, but a new one, so he's been doing 5Ks, and is happy to do those with me.  I expect he'll start doing 10Ks soon as well, and has long-term plans of doing a marathon with me (his suggestion, not mine).  In the meantime, though, I prefer doing shorter races with him than longer races by myself.  I have some I've already signed up for, of course, which I still need to honor.  I don't do well dropping out of races just because.

My upcoming (long) races are:

Merrill's Mile - 24 hour race - Dahlonega, GA - July 6-7
   This is a tough one in that this is the weekend I would have to spend with my angel, but instead I'll be doing this.  Ah, well.  He's going to drive me to and from there, which is super sweet.

Make it Before Midnight - Marathon - Macon, GA - July 13th
    Sadly, I don't think I'll be seeing Malachi this weekend (my birthday weekend).  He has a daughter whom he has every other weekend.  We aren't at the point where I've met her, and probably won't be for a while.

Then I have a couple of races in October, but those are too far off to worry about.

We're going to do the 5K/10K on July 4th in Hampton together, which should be fun.

Anyways, I digress.  I'm focusing on my shorter distances.  And quickly getting faster (again).  I've done 5 shorter races so far this year.  Breakdown of results and pace below.

Name	Date		Time	Pace	Overall	Age Group
Daffodil Dash 5K	3/3/2013		26:50	8:37:41	36/190	1
Healing for Haiti 5K - McDonough - GSG	5/25/2013		26:15	8:26:26	10/112	2
Chick-fil-A Connect Series Macon 10K	5/27/2013		56:35	9:05:49	43/98	2
Quinlan's 5K Water Run - McDonough - GSG	6/22/2013		25:15	8:07:08	22/121	1
Summer Splash 5K - Griffin	6/22/2013		25:19	8:08:25	5	1