Complete a 5K Race

Can’t wait to do it again next month! :)

So I ran the 15th annual Ridgewalk and Run today, the 5k version. Actually I walked part of it. Over the first two and a half miles, we were running uphill some of it quite steep. I wound up walking just over one mile of it because I could make better time speed walking up the hill than I was making running up the hill.

My goal today was to complete it, since it was my first 5k. I did that. For my age group I came in dead middle. The range between me and the winner for my age group was 7 minutes, and the range between me and the guy who came in last for my age group was 7 minutes. That made me feel good, even though my time was 9 minutes longer than my practice runs around town (with limited hills). In fact I even beat the woman’s 18 and under runner by a full minute. Of course she got a medal, and I got squat, but I wasn’t there to win it.

I felt exhilirated when I finished the race, even though it was just for fun.

a 5k in June. I should be in better shape by then, and I know that this course is flat and possible to do in a wheelchair.

I have coached Girls on the Run at my school for 2 years now. This past spring I participated in my 3rd 5K. Now the last 2 years I didn’t walk the whole thing. With several other coaches and lots of parents, it has become my job to cheer and photograph all the girls as they go by. I cheer for EVERYONE! I am so glad to see every one of my girls and their families cross the finish line. It is a great accomplishment for many of them.