Well I am pretty excited! I was all ridiculously nervous for the race and jogged around a lot warming up. I kinda scooted towards the back of the starting line and when the gun went off I just tried to go straight for a good pace and hold it. I passed a lot of people for the first mile and then ran in the same pack the rest of the race. First mile, 8 minutes on the dot, and I still felt pretty good. Second mile, 16:02, and now it is getting harder to maintain the pace. In the third mile I get passed by some girl in pink shorts that is flying and I try to speed up but she is gone. I get over the crest where I can finally see the finish line and pick it up some more. Then I hear my husband screaming at me to sprint to I take off as fast as I can. Next thing I can see the clock and it is ticking 24:41, 24:42, 24:43. It hits 24:48 the last time I can see it before passing it and crossing the finish line so I'm estimating 24:50 since no one ever really yelled my time at me or I didn't hear it. I was so relieved I walked through the chute and was suddenly very nauseated. Some lady tore the bottom off my number and then I came out of the shoot and the lady took the bottom tag and looked at my age and then handed me a medal off the table and told me I was first in my age division. SERIOUSLY? It was a really awesome feeling and I am pumped to break 25 minutes. Next up, the turkey trot on November 22nd. I will be running the 2 mile I think. I ran the two mile in cross-country in high school so I am curious what kind of time I can get. Thanks for all the support from the blog my first 5K exceeded all expectations! Sasha is right on with 6 days a week I think that is the key to getting back into shape. | 