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I finish my first 5K!

amysgottadothisthang
amysgottadothisthang Posts: 116 Member
edited March 1 in Motivation and Support
Yep! I really did it!!!! I am so proud of myself and cannot wait to do the next one! I think I found a new love!!!!!!

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  • mywalkwithhim
    mywalkwithhim Posts: 14 Member
    So happy for you! Have you been to runsforcookies.com? You may get a lot from that...she lost 125lbs and started 5k's. Her story is very inspirational. Great job!
  • ejohnson_ar
    ejohnson_ar Posts: 36 Member
    High five!!! :D
  • Brownski860
    Brownski860 Posts: 361 Member
    did you walk or run it? if you ran it, how did you train for it?
  • amysgottadothisthang
    amysgottadothisthang Posts: 116 Member
    I walked and jogged it in 35 min :)
  • EmmaR35
    EmmaR35 Posts: 41 Member
    Congratulations and that's a fantastic time! My first 5K took me close to 50mins to finish
  • vlm1110
    vlm1110 Posts: 8 Member
    Awesome job! Such an inspiration.
  • B0rnC0nfus3d
    B0rnC0nfus3d Posts: 422 Member
    Congratulations to you. I want to work towards a 5k. That's brilliant and I'm happy for you.
  • Meerataila
    Meerataila Posts: 1,885 Member
    Congrats! And congrats on your time, wish my first one had been even close to that good. Not that it matters, I still beat the time of the people who never started.

    *edit reading fail comprehension*
  • deyoun
    deyoun Posts: 96 Member
    Congrats !

    Any tips for beginners ?
  • ka97
    ka97 Posts: 1,984 Member
    Congratulations!!! And that is a great time!
    Sounds like you may have caught the running bug :bigsmile:
  • LadyRN76
    LadyRN76 Posts: 4,275 Member
    Awesome job!!
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    I did my first 5k last Sunday. I had not run in months, but I was the first female back, with a time of just under 24 minutes.
    I would not say I enjoyed doing it, as suffering with COPD (lung disease), it is the hardest form of exercise for me, but the elation at not only finishing, but getting such a good time is certainly making me consider a few more next year.
    Well done on your first 5k, and here's to your next ones.
  • angf0679
    angf0679 Posts: 1,121 Member
    Congratulations!! I have my first 5K race on September 13 and I cannot wait for it!! I finished the C25K app and now I am just trying to work on my time! Did it in 34:04 this morning. Hope to take another couple minutes off that before September! Did you do the C25K app to get ready for yours?
  • stewart613
    stewart613 Posts: 26 Member
    yay! way to go amy!!!
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