I completed my second EVER 5K today. The first race was what I lovingly refer to as the "Shuffle for the Cure" where I completed my 5K in an hour and twenty minutes and there were still THRONGS of people behind me. The Bexley 5K was a completely different race -- it was a race where people came to actually race and my friend Janine and I were outstripped quite early in the race. All in all, I was both proud and disappointed in my performance.
I came in at a disappointing 50:52 according to the chip timer (my watch said 50:48) which was well outside of the 45 minute goal I had set for myself. The good news...I wasn't last. There were a whole FIVE PEOPLE who came in behind me. (I was 363 of 368.) I am personally ignoring the fact that four of those people were over 60. What that means to me? There is lots of room for improvement. And concern that I have been training for 8 weeks and still am not even close to where I want to be. I think some of it is mental...I had a game plan and didn't follow it. I let the heat and humidity get to me and used that as an excuse. My heart rate stayed up in the 70% range for the entire time and that is good.
So, after all that negativity, what am I proud of? I am proud of the fact that I both started and finished the race jogging. I stayed positive and cheered both myself and Janine on throughout the race. And I am proud of the fact that I stayed the course and finished the race.
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It's the small victories that matter. You're doing great. I find setting goals for races helps a lot. For my 5K my goal was 40 minutes and I did it in 41:15. Extremely disappointed to come so close but a year ago I was in the 68 minute range. Keep it going!
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