because well, I walked all but the last 50 yards. None the less I took part in the Atlanta Women's 5K (3.1 miles) yesterday and finished with a time I am pleased with (51:49). I was going to wait until I had my pictures downloaded to post but the camera is in the car and its late...and I'm excited to share this accomplishment.
anyway, I was very excited about 'running' this race because it was my first, and for sure not my last. I finished just about in the middle of the crowd I would say, which for only having 3 weeks to prepare, isn't too shabby. It took me 51:49 to finish, which is about 4 minutes faster than my longest practice time and 4 minutes slower than my fastest...which means that I was walking at a pretty steady pace.
I will be looking into future running events because I really did have fun! I think I will shoot to do another 5K run in May, only the next time I plan to RUN...well maybe 50/50? or perhaps my goal should be something more like "I want to have my time be 45:00 or less"? We'll see what happens. I think 8 weeks should be long enough to build up some more endurance. I know I can run a good bit of the distance now (as I have done so on a few occasions), but I was having a lovely conversation with Miss Penney and I didn't want to sacrifice the conversation for a better time. You see, I am UNABLE to run and speak at the same time; so it was one or the other and I wanted the conversation more.
I enjoyed myself and did something new; which is new to me...there are many changes happening in my life right now...running (exercising in general) is just one of them.
hehehe more about life to come. for now sleep is calling me.
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Good job, juls :) I'm proud of you!
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