One 5K in the books!

May 16, 2011

Well, I got my lazy butt out of bed on Saturday morning and did the Kennelly 5K during the Pet Palooza on Saturday.  This 5K earned money for the Humane Society.  I'm so glad I got out there and did it.  Unfortunately, I arrived just in time to get checked in, and had to carry my runner package thru the whole 5K... which made it difficult to jog... (really, that is an excuse, but it was a big pain to have to carry it the whole time.) 

This 5K was a big learning experience.  First, don't start at the back of the pack!  You end up staying at the back of the pack for the majority of the race.    I started towards the back because I thought it would be best to not slow down the runners... but next time, I need to start farther up front.  I even started toward the back of the dog walkers too, but I didn't mind that so much, since I could still see the some dog walkers in front of me.  I think it would have been nice to have everyone catch up to me and not be at the end since the start of the race so good lesson learned!

My goal was to finish the 5K in an hour.  AND I DID IT!!!!  I finished it in 51 minutes!! I had time to spare!!! woohoo... (well, I finished it at the 56 minute and 20 second mark, but I started about 5 minutes behind the runners.)  I came in LAST, but I don't even care.  I even stopped to help someone with a tired dog... I kept her company for a few minutes while she let her dog rest.  Poor pooch would just lay down in the road and not want to walk any further.  She ended up not finishing the 5K.  I think she wasn't used to the humidity and the heat, so best to stop before she was an overheated pooch.  Now I'm thinking maybe next year Abbee and I can walk it.  (Abbee is my lhasa apso, she is about 10 years old).  Of course, we would have to train together, and I doubt she would run it, but it would be fun to bring her for that extra long walk with everyone else.

I think I will continue to train for 5Ks, and hopefully I can find another one that I want to do in the future.  I'm really hoping to continue with the running.  Who knows, maybe someday I can run a full 5K!!!

Time to start checking off things on my goal list... what to do next.. hmm?  Decisions, decisions!!

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