My first real 5k. I did a 5k a few years ago when I never ran and did it in 29 minutes, and I really hoped to break my attainable goal of 28 minutes, but had a secret super ambitious goal of breaking 25 minutes (I'm crazy like that, don't want to not make a goal after all! ha). I just wanted to see how fast I could do it. I've been feeling really good lately, trying to add in a few interval workouts, and have felt like I've improved so much since I started running in December. The course was super flat, which was great, and really fun and lowkey. No timing chips or anything like that - some firemen right behind me were running in their full gear! This was actually discouraging since I barely beat them and they had to be carrying 100 pounds of extra weight! Jordanne and I did about a 20 minute easy warm-up, probably about 10 min/miles.
Ran it in 24:20 - 7:50 miles! Honestly, I didn't think I'd ever even run A mile that started with the number 7, so running 3.1 of them made me ECSTATIC. My new goal is to run A mile that starts with 6. Even if its 6:59!!!
4th out of 18 in age group. 16th female overall.
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