I ran my first 5k on 10/27 after "graduating" and my time was just silly - a 56:30 finish. I took pride in it, even as I was amused by how slow I am. Everyone says not to worry, you won't be last. Well, someone needs to be last, right? And that someone was me. Around here the walkers start BEFORE the runners, so I was absolutely dead freakin' last. By the time I finished, they were sweeping up the registration tent, lol!

Fast forward to today for race number 2, and I was pysched. I ran with my daughter last time and she had to stop at one point because of a sneaker problem so I was running in place some of the time while she sorted it out. I figured I *had* to be faster this time, right? I should have paid a bit more attention to the race description. They said "challenging" in the description but I thought the *last* one had some serious hills so how bad could it be? O.M.G. There was litterally a hill that measures .99 miles by GPS. With a 230 elevation change. What was I thinking?!? LOL! I was very disappointed that I had to walk some of it though. I just could not handle that hill.

I did improve my time though - this time I finished in 54 minutes. At least I improved. And I was SECOND to last this time. Yay! I'll take it. I would have taken last again if I had to -somebody has to be last - but will take SECOND to last and hope next time maybe 2 people will finish behind me.