First 5K!

blackmamba886

Did my first 5K yesterday. I'll admit that I didn't train as well as I had planned to... there ended up being no training schedule, just whenever I felt like doing it. So the race starts and within 5 minutes I'm thinking I'm about to die and there is no way I'm going to finish this thing which is when some of the walking started. At about 1 mile I'm swearing that I'll never do this again. At 1.5 miles I get to the loop to head back and there is this hill... short (so they said) but STEEP. There was no way I was running up that so walking it was. Figured I was done. Running back down was helpful though. Continued on through miles 2 and 3 wondering why I was punishing myself and swearing that I was NOT made for running. And yet, I made it to the end. Did a lot of walking and managed to push myself to run over the finish line. About 5 minutes after I finished, I'm now thinking... that wasn't so bad, I'll probably do it again next year. LOL!

Ran/walked it with my sister in honor of my grandmother. My sister who didn't train is having a hard time moving today and says she's never doing that again. My profile pic is the two of us... she's got the hat on and I'm the short one. I was proud of us. My finishing time... 39:45! (Way better than anything I managed on the treadmill.)

SweetPandora

Congrats!

Karen

jmijaressf

Congrats to both you and your sister for completing the 5K!

MB_Positif

Great job! Keep training and go ahead and sign up for another one. You did great!

kendradl

That is fabulous, I have my first 5K on June 18 and my training plan has also gone to **** and I am really hoping I also survive just like you did. THanx for the the inspiration, knowing there are other people out there that are attempting the same thing I am going to attempt in just 20 days makes me feel so much better :flowerforyou:

agataarchangel

That's great! Congrats on your first 5k- I just did my first one this weekend, too! What a feeling, right?

blackmamba886

You'll make it! You won't think so while you're doing it but you will.

That is fabulous, I have my first 5K on June 18 and my training plan has also gone to **** and I am really hoping I also survive just like you did. THanx for the the inspiration, knowing there are other people out there that are attempting the same thing I am going to attempt in just 20 days makes me feel so much better :flowerforyou:

kendradl

You'll make it! You won't think so while you're doing it but you will.

That is fabulous, I have my first 5K on June 18 and my training plan has also gone to **** and I am really hoping I also survive just like you did. THanx for the the inspiration, knowing there are other people out there that are attempting the same thing I am going to attempt in just 20 days makes me feel so much better :flowerforyou:

I really hope so, it helps that I picked a 5K that is more about raising money than about the actual event so that helps.

Mahora

My first 5k is coming up on Sunday... I'm so nervous and wondering what the h$/&*(& I was thinking registring to that event. I trained running outside 3k and tryed 5k this morning! I did it in 39 minutes (walked a bit because I always get side stitches). I'm getting so nervous I think I'm gonna puke on starting line! Hope everything goes smoothly!

Jodasi

That's great girl! Good for you! I did my first 5K a couple of weeks ago. I walked the whole thing because I just started working out the week before. LOL. At first I felt bad because most people ran it but I decided to change my attitude after the first half mile and just be proud of the fact that I was out walking a 5K early on a Sunday morning as opposed to sleeping which is what I normally do. It ended up being a wonderful experience and I got to share it with friends which made it even better. I recommend everyone push themselves to try doing a 5K. It can be painful but the end result feels A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!! A real sense of accomplishment.

Tangerine302

Congratulations on finishing your first 5K! Good for you!

therealangd

Congrats!

blackmamba886

Thanks everyone I'm still sore but I'm hoping to start back up again this weekend and go for improving my time for next year.

kendradl

My first 5k is coming up on Sunday... I'm so nervous and wondering what the h$/&*(& I was thinking registring to that event. I trained running outside 3k and tryed 5k this morning! I did it in 39 minutes (walked a bit because I always get side stitches). I'm getting so nervous I think I'm gonna puke on starting line! Hope everything goes smoothly!

I feel exactly the way you do and my 5K isn't until June 18 so I have a little bit of time, I think you will do fine and you should just enjoy the day - at least that is what I keep telling myself. :happy: Good Luck with your 5K on Sunday.

ashjf

I had the same thoughts during my first 5k! And I have already signed up for any other 5k on July 3rd. Keep up the good work!

http://meanderingmemoir.blogspot.com/2011/05/i-did-it.html

blackmamba886

I had the same thoughts during my first 5k! And I have already signed up for any other 5k on July 3rd. Keep up the good work!

http://meanderingmemoir.blogspot.com/2011/05/i-did-it.html

Awesome Yeah I want to do it again next year. I'm still undecided about how soon I want to do another one. There's one in my city in a few weeks that's 4 miles and is done at night... I haven't been able to find anyone to do it with me yet and am undecided if I want to just go and do it by myself.