Finished First 5K

[heywo]

I decided at the beginning of the summer I wanted to be in good enough shape to finish a 5K. When I started running in mid to late May, I could barely go a mile before wanted to pass out. I kept up with it and decided to be able to run a 5K in sub 30 minutes.

Well, today I ran my first 5K with a final time of 28:57 (with Vibrams, which are amazing)! I wasn't able to run the entire thing (I can't really pace myself very well) but that just leaves room for improvement. Over all, it was a blast and I really enjoyed the experience - I'm already looking forward to getting back into training mode after I rest up my feet (I had an unfortunate bare-feet-meet-cleats accident playing frisbee about a week ago - my toes are still in bad shape) and getting ready for the next! It was a great feeling working for so long and accomplishing the goal!

To those of you still working on their running - stick with it. I find it to be an extremely rewarding experience and it's great to be able to think "I just ran X miles." I think I'm officially hooked on 5Ks now

[mpbstereo]

Very cool! Running is such a high, isn't it?

I run 3.7k 3-4 times a week, working on doing two laps to get to 7.4 as training for a 5 or 10k.

[Kristen]

That's awesome!

I'm off and on with running. Sometimes I'll run every day for a couple months and love it, then (like lately) I just can't stand it, it's not fun. I haven't run a 5k in over 10 years.

[Kain]

Great job, vibrams is the only way to go!