Lake Compounce 5K race 7/27/2008

[severine]

I did it!!! I finished my first ever 5K!

So those who have been following the journey know that I started the Couch to 5K training plan in early May. Never ran before in my life. On May 20th, to keep myself motivated, I signed up for the 5K that I ran today. I had a couple setbacks along the way... had to take a week off of training in the early days due to knee pain, and in the last couple weeks I had to take another week off due to an infected sebaceous cyst on my sternum that had to be opened up. I never managed more than 2.5 miles running in training. My goals for today were to NOT finish last, and to finish in 35 minutes (which I thought the latter was a really lofty goal, but I figured I'd set the bar high).

Results!!!!

Finished 71 out of 74. One of the 3 behind me I passed about 1.7 miles in and stayed ahead of him the rest of the race. He even stopped after he finished to tell me that I kicked his ass.

Total race time: 34 minutes 5 seconds

Pace: 10:59 mile

(I usually average 12.5-13 minute miles.)

I far exceeded my expectations for this race! Thanks for all the support on here! I thought of you guys every time I wanted to give up. I did have to slow to a quick walk a few times, but never for very long. I ran at least 2.75 miles of the whole thing, which is phenomenal for me. I can't wait for the next one!

Some photos (thanks to Brian):
Waiting to start (I have the turquoise top, navy running shorts, #609)

And we're off!

Coming around the corner heading to the finish line:

Almost there!!!

 

[Warp Daddy]

WOOO HOO Told YA SO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That SMILE on your face TELLS the WHOLE story --- so VERY happy for you

Now u r a lean mean ass-kicking machine

 

[Mildcat]

That's great. Looks like you have your "game face" on in the first pic. Glad to see you surpassed your goals too. Are you going to do another one?

 

[wa-loaf]

Nice job! Congrats. :-D

 

[BeanoNYC]

Awesome, Sev...Congrats.

 

[Terry]

Great job. Congrats. You set your goal and attained it! You should be very proud.

 

[andyzee]

Congratulations! Never a doubt in my mind you'd get it done. What's next?

 

[Moe Ghoul]

That's great, Sev! And a nice cool day for your first run, too.

 

[MR. evil]

Way to go!

Now that you got that over with its time to give up all this running stuff and get on the Mountain Bike :-D

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

congrats

 

[Beetlenut]

Great job! It's all downhill from here!

 

[severine]

Thank you, all! I was never an "athletic" person, but I toyed with the idea of running since I was a junior in high school. Sad that it took me another 15 years to actually do it, but I'm so glad I did. What an amazing feeling!

Are you going to do another one?

I originally signed up for a 5 mile race as well that's in 2 weeks. But I'm feeling like that was a bit over-ambitious at this point. So I'm going to withdraw from that one and sign up for another 5K in September. Goals for next year include a 10K early in the year, and a half marathon (HOPEFULLY!!!!) by the end.

Now that you got that over with its time to give up all this running stuff and get on the Mountain Bike :-D

:lol: Well, I did make some sort of crack earlier about being able to do some jumps with you guys. I actually got out MTBing yesterday in Nass with B. I think he's going to post a TR? Went over the bars at one point and bruised up my shin nicely. But it was fun! And I WILL be doing more of that! The 10K training plan I found on Map My Run actually incorporates MTBing once a week to complement the run training.

 

[bvibert]

Now that you got that over with its time to give up all this running stuff and get on the Mountain Bike :-D

I'm working on it..

http://forums.alpinezone.com/32294-nassahegan-burlington-ct-07-26-08-a.html#post291206

 

[Trekchick]

Sev, I knew you could would do well! Congrats, and enjoy.

Brian, I'm with ya, on the mt bike thing........I mean, why would you run when you can ride?

 

[bvibert]

Sev, I knew you could would do well! Congrats, and enjoy.

Brian, I'm with ya, on the mt bike thing........I mean, why would you run when you can ride?

 

[severine]

I don't know if this link will work, but there was a pro photographer there as well... I made it into one of the pics he posted on his site.
http://www.viewphotos.smugmug.com/gallery/5547530_cDigf#339900383_m5UjH

I really do love MTB as well. But it's not something easily done alone for me. I prefer company for that, and I don't always have the opportunity, so running is something I've taken up. I'm really enjoying it (mostly) too.

 

[o3jeff]

Great job in exceeding the goals you set for yourself. The September race will be a breeze for you.

 

[Trekchick]

Severine, you keep blooming!
Brian, you better get some good sunglasses. Her smile is gonna blind you!

 

[cbcbd]

That's awesome, way to do it. Running is great... the only real opponent you have is yourself... and its great when I can kick my own ass.

 

[Marc]

Good job sev.... I knew you had it in you. Looks like you've been slimming down quite a bit. Keep at it, it's great for you.