What I did this past weekend...

[naturallypixie]

or, Why My Quads Still Hurt

On Sunday I ran my first ever 5k, the Shamrock Run in the Inner Harbor.  I was pretty excited about the whole thing and pretty out of my element.  I do not own a pair of running shoes...or pants...or a properly fitting baseball cap, which is apparently the thing to wear while one is running.   My lack of proper gear aside, I did almost exactly how I wanted to do.  

I wanted to finish in under 30 minutes.  My time, 29 minutes and 10 seconds.
I wanted to not be dead.  Still here.
I wanted to finish in the top third.  I made the top half.

My stat line:
1629  74/250      32:13    29:10   9:23 

I was the 1629th finisher (out of 3321).  Number 74 of 250 in my age range.  From the time the gun when off to the time I crossed the finish line, 32 minutes and 13 seconds had elapsed.  From the time I crossed the start line to the time I crossed the finish line, 29 minutes and 10 seconds had elapsed.  I averaged 9 minute and 23 second miles.

I may never do this again, but I did it once and that is more than I could have said on Saturday.

Comments

AWESOME!

[todd1971.livejournal.com]

Great job running with the crowd. Wish I could have been there to cheer you along the route. Way to go Ms B!!!

Congrats!!

[lovingnina.livejournal.com]

You are an inspiration!

[reedrover]

I wanted to not be dead. Still here.

YAY! Not dead is a Good Thing (tm)

Also, thanks for dinner. It was fun!

[callmetc.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Doesn't it feel good? I always like races because there's all these fit people around - gives me hope.

[burny-md.livejournal.com]

Excellent job! :) And Yay for still being alive! :)

[jpenamelist.livejournal.com]

Woo-Hoo! Congrats on your first race

[seerofkell.livejournal.com]

That's awesome! I'm so happy for you. Over 3000 seems like a lot of peoples to be running with in the Inner Harbor. Very cool.

[youvebeenpixied.livejournal.com]

It was a ton of people. Cresting the hill at Charles Street looking down into the harbor was pretty cool. There were so many people in front of me. Just wow.

Re: AWESOME!

[youvebeenpixied.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much :)

Re: Congrats!!

[youvebeenpixied.livejournal.com]

Thank you :) I like being inspiring!

[youvebeenpixied.livejournal.com]

It is a Good Thing(tm)!
No, thank you for dinner :P

[youvebeenpixied.livejournal.com]

But my legs still hurt!! If I ever go crazy and decide that I want to do this again, I will need to buy good shoes.

[youvebeenpixied.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[youvebeenpixied.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much :) It was probably my only race.