AW - my 5k yesterday.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

Fi and I ran our second 5k of the year yesterday. It was very nice! Like my first 5k 2 months ago, it was a flat course near the beach. Unlike my first 5k, it was well-organized, not foggy, had good parking options, and had a free pancake breakfast!

I train on a treadmill rather than outdoors, so it's always kind of a shock to have to run a road race. Well, my time (chipped - from the time I crossed the start line until I crossed the finish) was 39:43.7. My goal is ALWAYS to do under 40 minutes and I did it! In a road race! (Hell, my last training run on Wednesday was like 40:12 - I'm glad the terrain didn't slow me down!) My pace was 12:49. Since it was under 13 minutes, I'm happy.

Fi finished ahead of me AGAIN. His time was around 35:30. He was very happy he ran/jogged the whole way. He wants to keep/start training so he can get his time down to around 10 minutes/mile.

We're doing another one on Halloween and then I think I'm going big - 10k on hilly, dirt paths Thanksgiving weekend in wine country.

AdeleDazeem

Congrats, Mery!  That is awesome!

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

Thank you! Unfortunately FI forgot his camera and my camera batteries were dead!

jonchrissy

Congrats! That's great!

raynes

Congrats!  Great job.  Your Thanksgiving one sounds like a lot of fun!

cdream05

Congrats!!

Les Paul You CAN do it!

arwo

Congratulations on the 5K, and good luck with the 10K!

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

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[QUOTE]Congrats!  Great job.  Your Thanksgiving one sounds like a lot of fun!
Posted by raynes[/QUOTE]

It's on winery property and we get a tasting after the race. Yum!

Les, you can do it! Geez, I was around 260 pounds when I started running. I didn't do C25K, but it looks really similar to what I did on my own. I found a pace that was good for me and kept building up the length or my runs. In the first 2-3 months I was running (about 3 times a week) my endurance went through the roof. When I started I would run .1 miles and then walk .1 miles. I don't always, but now I have run 3 miles at once before. I bet you already havea  ton of endurance from biking!

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

My FI doesn't even train with me (*eyeroll*) he just runs them! I can't believe it.

The most I've run so far is about 5 miles, but I'm hoping to work up to 7-8 mile runs before the 10k!