Sunday was the day. My first 5k. I still can't believe I did it. A year ago, I would have never dreamed of doing a 5k. But here I am completely hooked. On Saturday, I picked up my bib from Seattle Center.
I woke up on Sunday to pouring rain. We ended up leaving about 30 minutes later than we planned. Once we got downtown, we actually found a great place to park. Only to find out the payment station wasn't taking cards or cash. So we started looking for parking again. Finally 10 minutes before the race, I jumped out of the car to let the man find parking. I rushed to the starting line still trying to attach my bib to my shirt and the tracking tag to my shoe. I finally got to the starting line. I was able to get my sensor synced and my playlist going right before the horn sounded.
There were so many people! The run was great. Although, I underestimated the incline of 99 up to Canalis. I crossed the finish line completely drenched. I looked down to see what my time was. But my shoes were so soaked that the sensor dropped it's connection with my phone. By my rough estimates, I figured I took 41 minutes. I wasn't thrilled with my time. Especially since I had been running 9 min miles for the last two weeks. I headed to the Post Dash Bash where I got to met Detlef and take a picture with him.
I always knew he was super tall but he is unbelievably tall in person.
The times from our tracking tags finally uploaded on line so I decided to take a look.
I was so happy when I saw my time. I'm pretty proud of myself. A year ago I started out walking the pace of a turtle.
Monday morning my new pair of shoes were delivered.
My other shoes had reached their maximum mileage. I thought it only proper to retire my old faithful shoes.
Their last hurrah was my first 5k. These shoes has jogged over 500 miles in the last seven months. They have been with me from 15 minute miles to 9 minute miles. They have been with me through over 30 pounds of weight loss. Some days I wanted to cry from aching hips and hamstrings and some days I was jumping off clouds.
I'm looking forward to the accomplishments I make with my new shoes. I have already scheduled my next 5k. It is the Seahawks Run in April. I have four other 5k's I plan on registering for.
ღஐ jennifer ஐღ
