My first ever 10K!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Read 539 times)

When I first signed up on CR, I wrote as one of my goals that I wanted to run a 10K. Today was the first 10K race I signed up for in a series of three. To date the only other race I had run was a Reebok Women's Run that was 8K. I wasn't feeling nervous or excited about this race today. I thought it was just some little local yokal race, no chip, etc. Well. I was mistaken. Yes, its local yokal and there is no chip but these are some serious runners. I just read online that last year they had 515 runners and 453 of those runners did it in less than one hour. Holy crap! I am actually glad I didn't read that before hand. This is only the third time I have ever even run 10K. My best time in my training runs had been 1:09. Today I finished at 1:03:51....according to my Garmin. I was far back in the starting line up and without a chip, they time you just from the gun not when I actually crossed the starting line. I assume ( because I didn't look at the clock and I don't get my official time yet) that they have me over 1:04. Either way, I thought I was the last one, but I did see people come in after me. All in all, I am pleased with my time. DH ran too. He came in somewhere around 50 mins. It was great weather-wise. Rain had been predicted the entire day, but not one drop fell. Temperature was about 52F. Its a great route, completely flat and in a forest. Here is a picture DH took. Sorry its blurry, but that is me in pink!

Great job!

Congrats! My kind of course. Where is it?

Congrats! My kind of course. Where is it?

Cologne, Germany!

Congratulations! Great job on your first 10K!

congratulations! well done on meeting your goal. and a good time too.

Congratulations wasn't it great. My goal for 2007 was to run in a 10K. I ran my first 10K in Oct. It was a small group about 60 runners and the course was through the northwest hills of CT with the Fall foilage in full season and it was spectactular. My wife had the day off and went with me, but she missed me finishing, because I finished 10th at 47:14 and since not many runners were in yet, she figured it was a really hard course. I did another 10K on Thanksgiving Day and I really like the distance, I'll be doing more this year as I begin training for a HM.

Probably the best thread I've read today. Congratulations. What's next?