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We did it! We ran my first 5k race and ran every step of the way.
Since announcing the run a month before the race, my continued absence from this space has been very well occupied. I've spent at least one night in five different states and and traveled through five more several times each as well as continuing to train for the run.
Joe stayed with me the whole time and we clocked in at 42:10 which makes it a 13:35 minute mile. Based on how my runs had been going, I was aiming for around 45 minutes and am so pleased!
We're at the back right here. I'm carrying my coat. I brought a windbreaker to Joe's place on base but forgot it when we left to visit my aunt a few days before the race. Race morning it was 23 degrees when we arrived, so I started the run in my regular jacket and took it off when I warmed up.
It was so inspiring to run with such a vastly diverse group of people. There were people who walked every incline, people who sprinted and walked, the runners who did 5 minute miles and were done before we reached the half way point and so many like me - people challenging themselves to get off their butts (and buts) and do this.
Thanks so much for all the love and support, and I'm definitely looking forward to the next challenge.
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Words cannot describe how amazingly proud I am of you Myrrh. Rarely do people get up one morning and say "You know, I'm going to run a 5k." But you did it. Congratulations - I applaud you and all the hard effort that you put into to making this goal a reality.
ReplyDeleteWhen/Where is the next 5k? :)
I'm still deciding what I want to do next - either a 5Mile race or another 5k but faster. I'm thinking March and somewhere a little closer to home either way. :) You going to join us at my penguin pace?
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