We drove up to Bel Air, and found the beautiful park with a pond with very blue water (which had HUGE catfish) and a nice running trail. So off we went.
I wasn't running to win, but wanted to run the entire thing. My personal goal was to do the whole thing under 30 minutes.
I took care to not run too quickly at the beginning and went at an easy pace. This was a family friendly race, so there were lots of kids running too. Actually Juliana and Ammon were in a category called "men and women pushing strollers". Well, they are super athletic and tough, so after Juliana passed me I couldn't see her anymore.
So I ran and ran. Eventually I couldn't see anyone anymore ahead of me. I guess I look to my left when I'm not thinking (perhaps I'm right brained when not illustrating. I don't know. that's weird.), so I totally missed the right turn into the finish line. I ran about extra 500 meters until I realized that I must have missed something.
I made some sad gestures trying to get an attention of a cyclist coming my way, but he ignored me. All sad, I turned around and jogged back. Fortunately by that time, I saw another runner that was in the same race as me, so I followed her to the goal. Not climatic.
So both Juliana and Ammon won prizes for their fast running. Yay! I told them that if they had an age bracket that was specific to my birthday, I would've won. Or I could get the "special runner award" for running the extra kilometer. Not that I'm into winning or anything. :)
So I did my first 5k! I even photoshopped my T-shirt to reflect my achievements:
Oh, and my time running the 6k? 38:49. Not bad, but can do better.
1 comment:
Congratulations Ikumi! Fun to hear about your accomplishment. Scott and I always miss our turns, but we get there eventually. The important thing is making the effort - and keeping at it. I'm running too, just a couple miles at a time since the pregnancy, but plan to stick with it and make progress!
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