It's been a while since I posted here, but I ran my first 5K race on Saturday. 

I've been slacking on my running the last month, so I was a little worried.  The course was a lot hillier than I had imagined.  It was so steep at parts ended up walking parts of it.  Also my Garmin watch decided not to turn on that day, so I had no clue of my pace during the race.  I ended up finishing with a time of 40:52.  Which is about a full minute faster than my neighborhood 5K time that is way flatter than the race.  I must have really been moving on the flat and downhill parts.  During the run I the uphill parts were so tough, I thought I was going to be closer to an hour time.  Even if I had been running regularly I don't think it would have helped me on the hills.

Overall the experience was fun.  My uncle did the race with me and he finished in 44th with a time of 26:00.  I ended up finishing 195 out of  253.  Now I have an official time of my own to beat, and my first bib to hang on the wall.

Nice job Dig! That's two minutes faster than my first 5k, not that current PR is much faster! LOL I did my first barefoot 5k Sat. One of the Merrel Naked Foot 5k races they are sponsoring. Lots of fun.