My First 5K

Wow it's been a while since anyone has posted a blog. I guess I'll try to get things going again. Last Saturday I participated in my first 5K. The official title of the race was Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. Apparently they hold these all around the country to raise money for breast cancer research. It was amazing how many people were there. I got there about 20 minutes before the race and had to squeeze my way through the huge mass of people to get closer to the starting line. I didn't make much progress. There were at least a thousand people ahead of me it seemed. After the race started and I crossed the starting line, I patiently waited for the pace to start to pick up. After a minute or so I realized that most of the people around me had no intention of running. They were all walking at a very leisurely pace. I then noticed that those who did want to run had to run up on the sidewalks and dodge through all of the spectators to try to get ahead of the walkers. Suffice it to say, I finally made it around the walking crowd and got up to the runners. I took it pretty slow most of the race. 3 miles was about the max that I have run in my workouts, so I didn't want to pass out in my first race. Although there was a large clock at the end of the race that showed the number of minutes and seconds that had transpired since the start, it was hard to say how well I did given that it took so long just to get started. From my best guess, however, I ran the race in about 28 or 29 minutes, which was pretty typical from my workouts. Not great, but I did feel good about doing the whole race without stopping or walking.