Running outside is nothing like running on the treadmill. It's a lot more difficult. And on the treadmill I have the timer to tell me when I should stop. Meaning I run so many minutes then stop. Outside I only have my devilish thoughts who want me to be lazier than I am. But I also have the cheers of the crowd. They were really nice. Poor guys had to wait so long on me. There were people finished with the two miles in the the time it took me to do ONE! But they graciously waited until I finished and cheered me at the finish line which I thought was very nice.
On a positive note, I started running only four weeks ago and even then I could only one 1 min w/o stopping. I am sure that I ran at least 8-10 min w/o stopping on this race because I've never broken 2 miles on the treadmill in under 29 min. So overall I was faster than my treadmill time. My goal is to do the 5k in 30 min, that puts me at a 10 min mile. I'm sure if I ran all the way I could meet that goal. So I have to shave 9 min off this 2 mile run for next month. A challenge but one I'm capable of. HEY EVERYONE I COMPETED IN MY FIRST RUN RACE EVER! WOO! HOO!

I would STRETCH!!!! I didn't stretch at all and my legs started to burn very early.

Well, this probably wasn't a good thing but I warmed down with a 1/2 mile in the pool right after the race. My muscles were tight but WOO DOGGIES, I broke 17 min on my swim for the first time and set a new PB!


I've got a big butt among big other things!


Great race overall. It was a little low key which was great. All the people were nice enough to wait on my slow butt anyway which in my book places them as a top-notch operation.