I ran a 5k in (a personal) record time!

chantalicious

This weekend I ran a 5k and crossed the finish line at 26 minutes 48 seconds, a personal best for me, averaging about an 8 1/2 minute mile. I'd say that's pretty awesome for a 29 year old female who's had 6 knee surgeries and has an unrepairable torn ACL. I've decided to put a 10k on my bucket list for 2011 which I've already entered and will be running on August 27th!

Enjoy a photo from the event!

I am on the right.


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hadl0032

Great job Hun!!! That is an AMAZING time! Well done!

Panda_Jack

Great job! I ran my first 5K this weekend. That's a great time! Good luck on your 10K! I'm running Warrior Dash next weekend, should be fun.

lynne_p

Congratulations! That's an awesome time, too! Six knee surgeries! -- I'm surprised you're able to run at all. Awesome job!!!

T0M0

Well done,

Ive been really enjoying my running latley too. You got some good times there :happy: :happy: :happy:

smuehlbauer

Congrats!

Mindful_Trent

Congrats!! That is a fantastic time!! I'm still working on running one in under 30 minutes...

Here's your picture - something was wrong with your tags...

chantalicious

Well I can't get the photo to work maybe someone could help me out?!?

ksharon22

Way to go and good luck on your 10k!

chantalicious

THANK YOU!

stenochick

AWESOME!! I wanna run as fast as you!!

Mindful_Trent

Well I can't get the photo to work maybe someone could help me out?!?

BTW - you can't have any spaces in the "img" tags - I think that was your problem.

MichelleB69

Congratulations and what an inspiration! I am training to run my first 5K in May, but I'm 42! Maybe with all the knee surgeries that makes us even? LOL At any rate, fantastic job! You should be proud of yourself and your accomplishment!

mrskoolnu

Congrats!!! I also ran a 5k this weekend and my time was 39.05. I was pretty impressed since my last race was 44.26. I hope to do better in my next race in May. How do you increase your speed???

chantalicious

Congrats!!! I also ran a 5k this weekend and my time was 39.05. I was pretty impressed since my last race was 44.26. I hope to do better in my next race in May. How do you increase your speed???

Work on endurance training! My cardio never quit even at the end of the race I felt great and like I could keep going! My legs/knee began to hurt but I ran through it. I never run that fast, not even on the treadmill I just used the motiviation of those around me and took off!

kaits108

Ah that's so awesome!! Great job!!

nab22

Nice job! I'm running a half marathon in 2 weeks. Shooting for like 9:50 min miles, and after this I'm going to stick to shorter races, and try to work on my speed. Thanks for the inspiration!

donbogi67

Congrats! I completed the first three weeks on my treadmill. I've decided to start over in outside terrain. I need to get a 5K run in 2011 and I'm striving for a completion time of 35 minutes!

CONGRATS on your amazing results!

sacred81

Congrats! I just WALKED my first 5k and even at 1hr 20 min I couldn't be prouder. I'm a reformed daily Taco Bell Chili Cheese Burrito eater. So everyone is just gonna have to be patient with me! ^_^

Eviesmum

Well done. I'm doing a 5k in May and hope to do it in less than 30 mins. Last year I did it in 42 minutes with no real training. This year, I'm doing the C25K and am on week 5 at the moment.

PolyTeine

Good job, I jog/walk my first 5k last Saturday and I came out at 45:02. I'm working on it, I hope it'll be a less time next time.