Sorry to revive an old thread, but I wanted to check back in and let you all know how my 2nd 5K went
After my first race back in September, I kept up with my running, finishing the C25K program on 10/20, running a 5K every Sunday (except for one) and then restarting the C25K program focusing on getting my speed up.
I did my 2nd 5K race today and it started off really bad. I need to work on warming up better - I had definitely been standing around for about 10 minutes when the starting gun went off. Then, within the first 1/4 mile, the course went up - I kid you not - a 35+ degree hill that just about killed me.
I wound up walking more than I would have liked to recover, but I was still able to run most of it. I was mentally preparing myself for my times to be even slower than my first race, but as I came around the corner at the 3 mile mark, I heard the volunteers yelling that we were at 47 minutes! I sprinted to the end and finished in 48:18, nothing to write home about, I know, but still almost 5 minutes faster than a month ago
Other highlights -
1. I wasn't the last person to finish!
2. I passed the people with the stroller this time (granted, they were ahead of me for most of the race...)
Basically, I'm completely excited and can't wait to keep training to see what I'm really capable of. I'm thinking about doing a sprint triathlon next summer, but I've got a lot of work to do before then. For now, my mini goal is just to get down to 45 minutes by the end of November.