First 5K

dareacceptor

I ran my first race today... ever. Yea for me!

corys8646

Congratulations! The first of many.

BrianSharpe

Excellent! Running is addictive......

AmyRhubarb

Awesome - how did you like it?

TrailRunner61

Congratulations! What an accomplishment!

minkakross

yeah, how do you feel? how was your time? will you do anther? share the details.

chicco57

congrats! well done!

Morgenlstar

Yay!! That's awesome!

dareacceptor

The hardest part? Actually signing up. I didn't have anyone to go with, and I've never watched a race, so I didn't know what to expect. I've been thinking about doing a race for about 3 months - just been working up my courage. And then I found about about this race - and it really spoke to me. It was called "Freeze Your Cookies Off." It made me laugh, and I decided that's what I wanted for my first race.

I feel great, and can't figure out why I was so worried about running a 5K. I wasn't the fastest person, and I wasn't the slowest. My time was around 39 minutes (I didn't write down the exact time, put they'll be posting them). Now I have something to work toward.

If you're in a similar boat, my advice is to just go for it! And if you're in northern Utah, give me a shout and I'll run with you!

Next is to decide how often I want to run them, and figure out how to find out about them. And of course, improve my time. :happy:

ThePinkPretzel

yay! congrats!! excellent time! i am running my first one on thanksgiving and doubt i will be that quick!! nice job! xx

AllonsYtotheTardis

Congratulations! And WOOT on it being a positive first experience!! I hope I feel the same when I do mine in December (doing a new year's eve run)

rubypoh

Next is to decide how often I want to run them, and figure out how to find out about them. And of course, improve my time. :happy:

There is a website called Active.com and there you can find races of all types in your area and around the country. I think you can even set it up to get email notifications of races in your area.

Keep up the good work. A 5k is something to be proud of. And I like your time. My first ever, and only at this point, 5K my time was 50 minutes. I had to walk a lot. I'm not much of a runner, yet!

mjterp

CONGRATULATIONS and WAY TO GO!!!

jwuornii

Congratulations, that's fantastic! I run my first real 5k race on Thanksgiving. Great to see a similar story!

HypersonicFitNess

Great job!!! \o/ WHOO-HOO! Yes, signing up is the biggest hurdle!! haha! I'm running my 3rd 5K in December, the "Reindeer Romp" hehe ....I bought antlers to wear and maybe I'll find some red socks with jingle bells....yeah I'm a crazy woman! who cares? not mee........:bigsmile:

SharmaineP

Hey me too!! I ran my first 5k today also! what a coincidence :P It feels good after running huh

dareacceptor

I'm running my 3rd 5K in December, the "Reindeer Romp" hehe ....I bought antlers to wear and maybe I'll find some red socks with jingle bells....yeah I'm a crazy woman! who cares? not mee........:bigsmile:

Awesome! I'll have to see if we have something locally for the holiday season. I'm not sure I'm up to the dressing up part yet - but you should post a pic after your race!

AmyRhubarb

I've got my 4th 5k race coming up next month - the Jingle Bell Run, and it's on our city's Christmas Tree Lane! I can't wait - santa hats, carolers, cookies, and of course, jingle bells.

I hope you can find a fun holiday run in your area! Careful, you'll be wanting to sign up for one every month, and then you'll start wanting to run a 10k, then a half marathon.... :bigsmile:

waylandcool

Congrats on the race. I just ran my first race today too. The first one is the hardest one, it just get easier from here.

CincinnatiDEIFan

Thanks for the inspiration!

I do a 5K on the treadmill once a week at the gym. The other days are cardio / strength. My latest time...48:37. Sucks I know, but before May of this year I had NEVER set foot in a gym in my life!

:-)

Congrats!!!!!!

KenishaFitness

Congrats!!!!