I finished my first 5K race this morning!!!!!!! It was chilly and rainy, but so fun to be out there with all the other runners. I reached the first mile marker at 11:30, the second at 24:00 and the finish at 38:00. I definitely lost some steam in the last mile and walked a little bit, but I powered up for the race to the finish line, soaking up all the cheers and speeding past lots of folks who were walking across the finish. It felt great! I tried not to cry but it was very emotional for me at the finish line and some tears may have squeezed their way out.
I’ll write more later– gotta shower!
April 19, 2008 at 6:33 pm
AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME!!!
We certainly have cause to be proud today. We decided we were going to do something and did it! Good for us!!!! So what’s next?
April 19, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Well done! Congrats on finishing well! Now, when’s the next one.
April 20, 2008 at 7:29 am
Oh Wow Congratulations. I just found you blog and reading through your journey was part of what gave me the final push to go for it and start the C25K myself. I’m starting tomorrow and I’m pretty excited about it. I love that you documented the process and I can look at what you struggled with along the way. I think that will really help me so thank you for that. It is so awesome that you did your race!!
April 21, 2008 at 10:08 am
Wooo hooooooo! Good for you, twin! I’m so happy for you, and I’m glad you had fun.
I ran my race Saturday, too!
Bottom line: we rock.
April 22, 2008 at 8:29 am
CONGRATS! You are awesome & inspirational for taking on the 5K…hopefully, soon, I can start saying the same. You’ve come so far, you have a lot to be proud of!