Woot!

Posted by Carrie on 28 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Race reports

I did it! :D

That course was hard. I wound up walking far, far more than I did on my first 5K run, especially at the end; there was one point in that last mile where a hill appeared in front of me that looked more like a wall than anything I could climb (probably about here:

5k Elevation

…yeah), and I just wanted to stop right then and there. Can’t do it, no way. But I did.

And with all that walking, I didn’t come in last - I beat four people! - and I did beat my last 5K record! True, it wasn’t by much, but I did! I had a time of 46:01, which impressed me, considering the walking and the course.

Now…I’m off to the County Fair!

One Response to “Woot!”

  1. on 22 Jun 2008 at 8:32 am  Earthmovers and Sandcastles » Lighthouse Run Race Report! said …

    […] I happened to see my friend Christa, who organized and runs the Steve’s Encore Run, the second race I ever ran. We were chatting, so I wound up standing next to her at the start, though she took off past me at […]

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