Inspired by Moxie and Carmen and DoctorMama, I ran a 5K this morning. I ran it slowly (37:11, to be precise. "Were you last?" my husband asked me. Harrumph. I was not last.), but I ran the whole thing.
The winner finished right in front of me. He lapped me -- we ran two loops around the homecoming parade route and he crossed the finish line just before I finished my first lap. When we all took off and I saw how much faster the other runners were going, I thought about just giving up and running home. I thought about taking a short cut at about 2.25 miles. But I told myself, "Humble is good."
I am not at all sore or tired, which I'll take as a good sign. I think I'll try another one next month. Next time, 36 minutes! Perhaps I'll crack the fourth percentile. A person's got to have goals, you know.
Glad to see you back.
If you run another one next month you'll be ahead of me for the year. And if you want to break 36 minutes, find a triathelete friend and run with her.
Posted by: Moxie | October 15, 2006 at 08:02 PM
woo! thank you for inviting me back to read your blogging. :)
i look forward to it!
Posted by: rachael | October 16, 2006 at 09:25 PM
Just minutes before I got the email about your new blog, I was forlornly visiting the previous site and missing your posts. It's great to have you back in cyberspace.
Posted by: Nicole | October 19, 2006 at 02:11 PM