30:16
I ruefully type the time, hanging my head in shame.....
At least I wasn't last - neither overall nor in my age group. 1,000 women took part. Not sure of my ranking - only the top 3 in each age group were announced afterward, the rest will be listed at a later date.
Mile 1 was fabulous for me and I was sure I would do much better than I had first thought. I continued trucking until I hit just past mile 2.
Mile 2 was composed of nothing but hills (2 loooong, though not terribly steep, hills followed by 1 ridiculously and heart-stoppingly steep one). Also at around mile 2, the silver dollar-sized blister on the bottom of my right foot, which I had so carefully painted with liquid bandaid and covered with a bandage and TWO socks, became the bane of my existance. There were moments that I wasn't sure if I would make it, certain that my entire foot must be rubbing off.
But then an old lady passed me and that shook me up. I somehow pushed the pain down and got into gear. Unfortunately, it was too little, too late, and I finished with the shitty time above.
Sigh.
But the tee shirt is adorable and comfy and I've already begun planning the next 5k. I will have that dreadful blister taken care of (new shoes must be in order) and nothing will deter me. It would be hard to do WORSE than that, after all, so things can only get better.
*I've been so upset with my finishing time that I considered lying about my time on the blog, just for the sake of saving face for the 2 or 3 people who read this. Of course, then I'd be lying in my diary and who the hell does THAT?*
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6 comments:
Well you did it! Did you know the course prior to the race? The race I ran and did not know the route was much harder on me. It finished uphill and kicked my butt.
Blisters can be show stoppers!! I've had some huge ones before too and it's Horrible!!! You did it! Try to find something you can learn from the race and move on. We all have days that aren't our best. Take care of your foot.
My first race I was horribly slow and then was overtaken by some dumb-ass guy in a horse costume (long & lame story) which of course kicked me into gear and made me pick up the pace.
Try not to dwell on your time and focus on what you took away from the race; experience, accomplishment and a super cute T-shirt! ;)
Congratz on finishing & I hope your blister goes away!
Do you mean it's "slow" because you usually run 25 minute 5K or because other people are faster than you?
If it's the former, you had a bad day and I know how shitty it feels.
If it's the latter, shame on you.
You guys are awesome. I so wish I could share coffee or a bottle of wine with you all. Thanks for the moral support.
I didn't know the course. Had never been to this park in Atlanta. I learned from that mistake - always check out the course (and run it) prior to racing it!!
The blister (the size of Texas) was an unfortunate part, but since it was a smaller blister beforehand, I should have taken better precautions prior to the race. Again, lesson learned.
My time. Sigh. I do normally have a much better time for that distance. Not having my own stopwatch was a problem with regard to pacing, and all the problems with mile 2 just really dragged me down.
I am thankful and pleased, however, that I did in fact sign up for and run (complete) my first 5k race. I will work toward bettering my time in training and using all that I've learned with this experience.
By the way - the winning time was 16:37. Can you believe that shit?
I will never even strive for that. I'd be happy with a goal of 20:00
You are a goddess for getting out there and running hard when the rest of the world was sitting on its ass eating donuts.
Don't be so hard on yourself, woman!
You kick ass, and next time you'll be even faster.
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