My First 5K

I did it kids! I logged my first 5k! Notice I said "logged" and not "ran." This bitty needs to do some serious training if I am going to pull off running all 5k in, oh,  26 days time. OhGodohGodohGod. Frightening! I tried to run for 2 minutes and walk every third. And that was painful but working until I got kinda lost. The park behind my house has become decidedly overgrown since I last jaunted around it, so I missed the turn that I had mapped out for myself. Realizing this, I knew I wasn't up for running MORE than my allotted 5.1K, and so walked my way back, only to find the hill path overgrown and unrunable. But still steep and tiring. Conclusion: I'm pooped. Pooped kids, pooped. In fact, I recorded the moment of my triumphant return for posterity's stake

 

Gosh - aren't I pretty. My face looks much less red, given the maroon background, but trust me, I was a tomato. That look of concern is "twenty.six.days????"



My game plan is to attempt the 5k every other day, with yoga/gym on alternate days. Sunday as a rest day, perhaps. I refuse to look like this at the end of the run!

Which reminds me, thanks very much to the (albeit few) of my lovely friends who have donated on my behalf. I still have a bit to go to reach my goal, so if you haven't donated, please do! Seriously, 5$ would mean the world, and think about all the ways you've spent 5$ that were far less honourable.