Big Freeze 5k

A friend of mine encouraged me to join her on her very first 5k this morning, so I went! I warned her I hadn't done any running since Oct....so she could run her pace if need be. BUT we actually stayed together the entire race! With the help of a buddy, I made the 5k in 40:34!!


I got the race results from http://onlineraceresults.com

Overall: 57th
Female division: 28th
Age division: 4th

Komen Race for the Cure 2011

Yesterday I walked the 1 mile fun run for the Komen Race for the Cure (Breast cancer)! It has been a rainy end of the week, but thankfully the rain held off until I got in my car afterwards!! I've only been to two other races, but whew, there were TONS of people at this one! I would guess probably a couple thousand! I'm glad people still help good causes! I didn't time myself like I do in the 5K's ~ today was all about having fun and celebrating LIFE.

 

Running the race

A friend of mine started doing 5k's probably 6 months ago, and has encouraged me to try one ever since. I signed up for my first 5k on July 4th, the "Firecracker 5k"; and just completed my second one today, July 30th, the "Bedlam Run". For my first one, I hadn't put any practice into it, so I decided to do the stroller jog (still a 5k) to start out slowly. I had so much fun doing that! 

My time was: 52:38min

Since that 5k, I've started jogging around my neighborhood to make sure I can keep up the pace for my second 5k. Now, if you live in Oklahoma, you know its been 100+ degrees outside pretty much every day the entire month!! Therefore, I wasn't able to put as much practice as I hoped, but I think today's outcome was still REALLY impressive! I had a goal to run it in 45min or less. And I DID! 

My time was: 42:55min