x fat guy runs his first race

sorry this is not soontobetrimom, it is her goofy hubby posting my results from my very first race of any kind ever. My wife and i are planing to do are first tri in may so i want to get in a couple of runs bfor i tri a tri. This morning was the childrens health care of atlanta 10k in atlanta, i didnt sleep well last night tosed and turned going over and over the how and whys of the race that hadnt even started. We got there an hour early and stood around freezing waiting for 8 a.m. by the time the race started my jitters were all but gone i just wanted it to start so i could warm up!!!! the first mile or so was a little hard not being use to running more than 1000 people i started feeling a little closed in so i opted to swing to the outside and tried to swing wide on most of the turns i figured better to run a few xtra steps and feel comfortable with pace and breathing than to worry about what every one else around me was doing.
After the first mile i settled in to a slow but steady pace and worried about my race not anyone or any thing else. For my first race i had 2 main goals first and formost i wanted to finish with out throwing up second i wanted to try and finish in under 50 min. well goal one reached goal two i missed by 5 min.
I ran my first 10k in 55 min. not bad for an x fat guy that failed high school gym for not running the mile.