My first 5K!

Just wanted to share with everyone that I ran my very first 5K on Monday morning.  I woke up at 5:50 am (which is way too early to go run) to make it to Payson on time.  I was pretty nervous as I waited at the start line…

Then I got excited when it started…

On Saturday night I ran for 31 minutes with out stopping so I figured I was ready and could do this. I passed the 1st mile marker around 10 minutes and 45 seconds.  I was about 45 seconds behind my goal.  I thought I could make up some time.  Then I started to get really tired at the 2nd mile and I’ll admit I walked for 1 minute. (Still wish I hadn’t done that).  I ended up getting stuck with all the people that sprint and then walk every minute and I was pretty annoyed with myself for not keeping up with the people a minute ahead of me. Then I was on the home stretch with the finish line in sight and I felt like I was going to die…

And I finished the race at 36 minutes and 24 seconds.  I placed 13th overall in my age division out of 20. Brian asked me if I liked it and if I wanted to do it again.  He asked this while I was about to collapse and throw up.  I told him absolutely not!  Then 2 hours later I was telling him that I want my time to be 32 minutes or under next time.  Oh boy what have I started?!  If you know me very well I do not like running and I NEVER have.  When our group in Indiana started running in the morning I decided to join in because I was tired of my exercise dvds.  The first morning I couldn’t run a mile if my life depended on it.  So although I am a little disappointed in my time and that I stopped to walk for a minute I have improved 10 fold then when I started this whole craziness.  I think this just might be my new addiction.