My First 5k :-)

This morning I "ran" (I use that term VERY loosely!) my first 5k! It was great!!! I woke up to thunder and a downpour, but rain or shine, the race must go on. I basically had only a couple of goals for the morning:

1. Don't finish last
2. Don't leave on a stretcher (running on the road + not very coordinated + RAIN!!! = a recipe for DISASTER!!!!)
3. Finish under 40 minutes

Well, I reached all my goals! I was soaked before I even started, but it felt so good! There were between 5 and 10 people who finished after me, my lack of coordination never reared its ugly head, and I made it in 39:48. That's about a 12:30 mile, so not too shabby!

I am going to run another one in November, so I'm hoping to get my time around 30 minutes (29-31). I think if I just push myself, I'll be fine. I felt like could have done better, but with the rain, I didn't want to push it (basically, I was chanting, "Please don't slip, please don't fall..." over and over again.).

This week, I also hit another new low- 193. Woohoo! Two more pounds and I'll only be "overweight"! This week might be the week!!! Here's to hoping, right?

Goals for this week:

Lots of steamed veggies
Lots of water
Lots of cardio
See 191!!!!!!