The 5K

Well, we completed our first 5K this past weekend. This is the "before" picture, where we haven't yet realized what we've gotten ourselves in to. I'm not gonna lie, it was difficult. It was much harder than I thought it was going to be. Out of the 4 of us, Ryan and I are the only ones who ran the entire way.

I was a little disappointed in myself. At the gym, the fastest I've run a 5K is 31:20. It took me 39 minutes to finish on Saturday. Ryan came in just 2 minutes behind me. I'm pretty sure the hills had something to do with it. I literally had to talk to myself to make myself keep going. Anyone running around me, I'm sure, thought I was crazy. At one point, I exclaimed, "Shit!" I couldn't help myself.

We are all planning on running another 5K in December, at the Trail of Lights. I guess I'll have to go back to running at an incline on the treadmill so I can adequately prepare and beat my time of 39 minutes. And since it's not so hot outside anymore, I'll have to make myself get outside and run. It's so much better in the AC though.

Here's our "after" picture, where each of us is wanting to strangle me for talking us all in to running