My first 5K

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sjohnny
sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
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I ran my first 5K this morning. I finished in 27:47. What shocked me was that I finished 12th out of 36 in my division and 123/378 in my gender. I was 190 out of 1033 total. Three months ago I couldn't run across the street and I just finished a race faster than 2/3 of the males and 80% of the total group. I'm totally stoked and ready to run another one. In a few weeks I'm going to start working my way up to 10K.

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  • _snw_
    _snw_ Posts: 1,305 Member
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    that. is. so. fu@king. awesome.

    YOU RULE.


    (let's race)
  • AZKristi
    AZKristi Posts: 1,801 Member
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    GReat work!!!
  • Elundari
    Elundari Posts: 19
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    That's awesome!! I'm doing my first 5k in June and I'm a little apprehensive!
  • _snw_
    _snw_ Posts: 1,305 Member
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    oh hey - i'mrunning a 10k in may. get your *kitten* to colorado and run it with me!
  • Vanessadk0604
    Vanessadk0604 Posts: 48
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    GREAT JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Whodatgirl77
    Whodatgirl77 Posts: 238 Member
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    Great job!!
  • mrsvatitagain
    mrsvatitagain Posts: 275 Member
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    That's awesome!! You should feel beyond proud and accomplished!
  • pittsblue99
    pittsblue99 Posts: 277 Member
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    Congratulations and great job !
  • amuhlou
    amuhlou Posts: 693 Member
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    Holy cow thats really amazing for your first one!
  • Canbfit4life
    Canbfit4life Posts: 124
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    im so stoked that is awesome ,im running my first 8k in march wish me luck
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
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    Thanks, everyone! I was pretty jacked about the whole thing and then when I went online and looked at the results I about flipped.

    I was a little apprehensive at first and didn't know exactly how to proceed so I got a slow start but I'll know next time just to hit the gas and go.

    Nancy, I would love to be in Colorado in May. I don't think it's going to pan out but yeah, let's race!
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
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    I almost forgot the most important piece of information. My soundtrack for the run:
    Airplane Crashers - White Rabbit
    Killers - All These Things
    Black Eyed Peas - Party All The Time
    Weezer - I Want You To
    Foo Fighters - These Days
    Joy Division - Failures
    Muse - Unnatural Selection

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