This was my first 5K run in almost a year, so I had no idea what I was capable of. Despite this, I gave this run all I had! It felt like I was flying during most of the run.

I knew I was going a lot faster than I would have normally would have when I started passing a fairly large amount of people. I am normally back of the pack in ALL sports I do and rarely pass anyone.

For all of the race I was basicly just thinking about how great it was to be racing that morning. It was a beautiful November morning and it was really fun running in neighborhoods I would normally never run in.

I started feeling the effort of the run about half way through the race. After mile 2 I was starting to breathe really heavy and knew I was working hard. It was a fun kind of work though, if that makes any sense at all.

After sprinting towards the finish line, I could not believe my time. 26:28. This was a 3 minute PR, and a middle of the pack time. That is what made this race so meaningful to me- that I got a middle of the pack time!


I have been terrible at sports my entire life, getting picked last for gym, finishing dead last (or nearly dead last) in every athletic event I attempt, etc. I never knew I had this kind of race in me.

It's intresting that I did so well in this race considering I mainly swim, and don't do as much running. This training routine will definitely change in the near future.

Nothing!!!!
The only thing I would do differently is train harder for next time!

I did a slow 10 minute jog around the streets in my neighborhood when I got home in order to get my breath back to normal. The rest of the day was spent in complete disbelief. I had no idea I could run a 26:28 5K. My times are usally in the 30s!

When I looked at the race results a day later, I still could not believe how well I had done. I ended up taking first in my age group, beating 2 people who run on the cross country and track teams.

I thought I would never be a capable athlete. This race completely changed my outlook on everything!


I guess I can actually start actually training for running, instead of merely jogging a few times a week- then I could really see my times go down!


Loved this race!!!! If they have it again next year, I will definitely do it!