My First 10K

In October of 2009, I ran my first ever race since high school! I spent 3 months gearing up from my couch potato status until I was ready to run a 5K. I completed it in 34 minutes and 4 seconds. And feeling SO motivated after my race...

I stopped running for a year and a half.

It appears that I had to get back to the things I neglected for those 3 months of training, like mommy duty with the 5 month old son in the house and the school year kicking in!

But time marches on and in January of 2011, I decided to start running again so that I could complete another 5K.

But I let a friend talk me into something completely nuts...

a 10K

Yes, that means I decided to become one of the nutty people that would willingly run for about an hour.

So I spent the last few months gearing up for the 10K, running 3 times a week. One particular Saturday I pushed myself and completed a 5 mile run. My feet were burning and my toes hurt.

Suddenly, the 10K didn't seem like such a good idea. In fact, after that 5 mile run, I decided to only run 3.5 miles max.

Until today.

Today, I had to race the 10K.

Admittedly I was a bit nervous about the burning feet issue. And, as expected, around the 4.5 mile mark, the toes began to hurt. But I pressed on and finished the race.

I completed the 6.2 mile run in 1 hour, 3 mins, and 02 seconds.

At the end of the race, my father, husband, and kiddos came to cheer me on to the finish.

Wanting to acknowledge their presence, I waved at them.

And that is the only shot of my running. The one where I am waving at the camera.

I look like such a pro, don't I?

Lovely.