This past Sunday I did a 5K race. It was right near my home. There were 900 people running in it!! I saw so many people from high school there. It was great! The weather was beautiful. It was the mid 60s and no humidity. Definitely not weather I'm used to in NJ this time of year, but it was welcomed the day of the race.
The course was hard. Really hard. There were so many hills and the start of the race was slow because there were so many people and there was a lot of bottlenecking. Once I got going and was into a groove, I was okay though. Although after the turn around I had to run up this HUGE hill. Seriously it just never ended. lol. After that it was smooth sailing though.
When I was nearing the finish line I really picked up my speed. I knew I could beat my time if I just kept my pace.
Final time? 31:23!!!!!! I beat my last 5K by almost 2 minutes!! I can now officially say I am a 10 minute mile runner! I can't believe it! Especially for such a hard course. it's not normal to PR like that. I am so proud!
The first 5K I ever ran was only this past May and I finished in 39:55. Sunday I ran in under 32 minutes! That's 8 minutes shaved off in 6 months! I really can't believe. I never in a million years thought I could get my time under 30 minutes, but now I really feel like I will get there. And SOON!
I just can't believe I'm a runner like this. It's so surreal. Just a year ago I couldn't walk a half a mile without feeling like I would pass out, and now here I am, setting my sights on one day doing a half marathon! AHHHHH
2 comments:
Will you be wearing depends?
:-)
I just had to Carolyn - please know I'm joking with you!!
Best of luck. Even though I hate running I think it's great you are doing this. Exercise of any and all sorts is a good thing. you just have to find what works for you.
That is awesome! You are so close to getting under 30 minutes!
And you can totally run a half marathon if you can do a 10 minute mile! The majority of your training runs will be between 4-7 miles with a longer run once a week building up to 11ish miles!
I'm sad I can't run my 2nd half in January!
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