My First 5K

Today I ran my first 5k (3.2 mi) run. I had wavered all day about whether not I was going to attempt the run. I had ran last night at SBCC with Alex, as was kind of tired and on top of that it was overcast! Well my friend Chris said he was still going to go so I figured I would suck it up and try it out, and I am glad I did. It was really fun.

So the race is called Night Moves, and runs (HA!) every Wednesday night during the summer. It is a pretty casual race, really its more like team training, but they hand out bibs and have an official time.

Chris and I got there around 5:30 which gave us plenty of time to warm-up and stretch before the 6:15 start. I was kind of nervous and I have never ran in any type of race before. The start is pretty nuts, its like telling 300 people ok, go! I didn't want to run the first leg really hard and then die later, but man it felt like waves of people just consistently passing me. But I think I was keeping a decent pace and the first half of the race is all up hill, and I was surprised when I saw the first mile mark, I was hoping it was more like the halfway mark. But soon after that I started to see the front runners heading back towards me, so my hopes where up that I was not to far from the turnaround, but it was still up another hill. Heading up the last hill I saw Chris heading back. It was so nice to hit that halfway point as the rest was downhill. I pretty much ended up keeping pace with two people in front of me, and was able to ran a tad faster to the finish....

My final time was about 30:53! :) I am pretty stocked on my time as its better then I had thought I would do. I will have to check edhat tomorrow for my official time. I think I might keep doing these up to my race, as even the after party is pretty fun. There is a band, food, drinks, and beer all included in your entry fee. $25 the first time, $15 after and I got a t-shirt :)