5k Update

Okay, for those of you who don't know I have started running again. I have a wonderful partner in crime who trains with me and it is working out great. We probably started running at the beginning of February, that was a sad, sad time. I couldn't even make it a mile, but we were persistant and kept with it and yesterday I ran my first 5k. It was great! The only race experience I had until then were high school track meets and cross country races, I am glad to say that this was nothing like that. Amanda, Greg (my father-in-law) and I ran it together, well kind of, we started together. It had been raining all day Friday (of course) and the course started in a ditch bank then worked its way out to the streets. I have had some issues with my right calf muscle lately and yesterday was the worst of it. Turns out I just need to invest in a good pair of running shoes, apparently the Costco special isn't really intended for actual races. Anyway, I never once gave up and made it through without walking (yeah for me...believe me at times I wanted to). So the final time came in at 30.31 minutes, about a 10 minute mile (and a whole minute faster per mile than expected). I finished 8th in my age group and 58th overall (out of 140). I am thrilled with the progress that I have made and cannot wait until the next race. We started this training for a 1/2 marathon that we will be doing in June, up in Durango, but after yesterday's race we are hoping to get in a 10k first.