My First 5k

Running is not something I ever wanted to do.  It's hard and boring.... or so I thought.  Then I decided to try it for weight loss purposes.  It helped me get to my goal before I got burnt out with my usual workouts.  Then I found something I wasn't expecting.  I actually started to crave running.  Like itching at work to get the day over with so I could get home and put my sneakers on.  Who is this girl?

So after a few months of running I knew I had to sign up for a race.  I found this Turkey Trot 5k in my sisters part of town and it sounded perfect for my first race.  Notice that I just said first because I plan for there to be more. Many more!

My sister made me this sign.  Thanks Liz!  I had my family there supporting me.  Thanks Mom for getting up early for me!  And thank you Rob for your continued support when I need to get out of the house to get my workout in.

I'm ready to go.  Just waiting for the race to start.  My right leg/knee has been bothering me lately and I was worried that I wouldn't be able to run.  But regardless I was going to do this and finish this race.

Part of my sweet little cheering squad.  Go Mommy GO!!

The first mile was hard.  It was uphill, which I'm not use to.  The second mile was more on a downward slope so I was able to get a little bit of a break.  I had horrible side pain and was coughing most of the time, but I was determined not to stop.  I wanted to run the whole race without having to walk and I did it!!

My stupid iPod wasn't shuffling so I listened to the same song over and over and over.  But I didn't want to mess with it because I was afraid it would slow down my pace.

This was me after the race trying to catch my breath.  

As I was running into the finish line I saw Jordan standing on the side holding a sign with a huge smile on his face.  I was fighting back tears.  I hope I made him proud.

I know 3.1 miles seems like nothing to many, but this was huge for me.  And I'm so glad that I did it.  I'm already in search of my next race.  I can't wait to do this again!

Here are the results:

My official time was 34 min and 24 sec.

I placed 419th overall (out of 810 men, women and children)

I was the 189th female to cross the finish line (out of 458 females)

I placed 55th in my age group of 30-39 year olds (there were 127 females in my age group)

I'm extremely pleased with those results for my first race!  Not too shabby.