June 14, 2003
First race

I've been running for a few months.. well, technically it's jogging since I can't quite run faster than a ten minute mile (yet) but.. it's great exercise and I'm enjoying it quite a bit. This morning I ran my very first 5K race.. The Hartford run/walk for the arts. Here's the problem with running a race for the first time.. everyone keeps saying how most people overtire themselves in the first couple miles and barely finish.. so I wanted to do the smart thing and pace myself.. well.. I did.. right through the finish line and finished in 35 minutes.. that's an average of just over an 11 minute mile.. I've had better times training.. few months ago..

At least this time will be easy to beat in my next race.. Maybe I'll actually compete! Of course considering all the top runners had times of 15-16 minutes.. it's not like it's realistic for me to win :)

Posted June 14, 2003 07:27 PM in Random
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On June 15, 2003 10:25 PM :: jozjozjoz :: added:

Hey congrats on finishing.

I'd have turned around and gone back to bed after the first 100 yards.

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On June 16, 2003 12:41 AM Jeremy Zawodny added:

Excellent.

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On June 16, 2003 05:04 PM kevin added:

awsome!

(man I gotta get my tuchis out walking/running before I catch a heart attack)

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On June 17, 2003 12:57 PM Andre Restivo added:

Feels great doesn't it? I started running about a year ago and I'm going for my first race in about a week:

http://www.andrerestivo.com/weblog/5605/

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On June 23, 2003 07:08 PM Chris added:

Running is a great way for me to *download* all the stuff I have bouncing around in my head. I've been running off and on for about 10 years. My longest race was 13.1 miles and the shortest was a 5K.

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