I finally ran a 5k that wasn’t on a treadmill! I must say, it was much harder than I expected. Within the first 2 minutes, I encountered my first incline and I realized this wasn’t going to be an ordinary run on the treadmill.

I’d also recommend not going out the night before and putting any foreign substance into your body… it just makes the finish line seem that much further away.

All in all, I finished it in 29:32. What will I do next? A 10k? Hmmmm… I’ll let me shins answer that in about a week.