Goal #1 – Accomplished. August 21, 2011

If you read my post about goals a couple of weeks ago, you’ll remember that my first one was to run a 5k.  As of this morning, I’ve done it.  I have officially run a 5k race.  My time wasn’t my absolute best, but much better than I expected to do!  I finished in 30 minutes and 30 seconds, which I’m quite pleased with.  I wasn’t sure how my first race would go, so even though my non-race times generally ranged from 29:20 – 32:20, my goal today was to finish in under 35 minutes.  Mission accomplished!

The race was a fundraiser for setting up a new dog park, so many people ran with their dogs.  I didn’t, because I’m pretty sure Buddy wouldn’t be able to make it 5k, and I’ve tripped over Abigail before when she stopped short to eat something on the ground…  Lets just say that ended badly for my knee.

I can see the finish line!!  Phew.  Slow & Steady… Finishes the race.  :)

Although I’ve been running a little longer than Chris, he already speeds past me on a regular basis.  He twisted his ankle about half way through the run and still managed to finish with a good time – 32:18.

We managed to convince only one brave friend to join us.  He kicked our butts with a time of 27:59.

And finally, a nice (and sweaty) pic of Chris and I after the race:

Chris already wants to run another one next weekend…  I’m hoping he decides against it and rests his ankle a bit instead!  There seems to be a couple every weekend in town or nearby, so I have a feeling there will be at least one more of these in my near future.

As for my next goal…  Stay tuned.  I have a couple of ideas in the works, but I’m not sure yet how realistic they are.  I’m looking into a few things though, so I may have my second goal posted by the end of the week!  And no, it’s not a 10k.

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