Yay me. Last Saturday I ran my first 5k and completed it. Yay. I wasn't speedy gonzalez but I ran the whole thing and finished. I think my time was 49 minutes or close to it. I actually was so excited at the finish line, and since this was my very first race, I didn't know I was supposed to turn in my bib tear off thingy to stop the clock and I spent a good 5 minutees jumping for joy and visiting with my friends, family and colleagues who showed up to support me. According to my cardio trainer app on my Droid, I was clocking about 15 min 40 seconds a mile. Which beats my former best time of 18 minutes plus... 15 years ago!

Yay me. Last Saturday I ran my first 5k and completed it. Yay. I wasn't speedy gonzalez but I ran the whole thing and finished. I think my time was 49 minutes or close to it. I actually was so excited at the finish line, and since this was my very first race, I didn't know I was supposed to turn in my bib tear off thingy to stop the clock and I spent a good 5 minutees jumping for joy and visiting with my friends, family and colleagues who showed up to support me. According to my cardio trainer app on my Droid, I was clocking about 15 min 40 seconds a mile. Which beats my former best time of 18 minutes plus... 15 years ago!

Congrats! I walked my first 5k preband last year, this year I am going attempt to run. We are also participating in the Warrior Dash - 5k obstacle run. I am hoping to keep up with my athletic friends

Good Luck Maggie that sounds like fun. I've always hated walking or running for sport and only did it for necessity before but since losing weight have discovered I actually love it now that my body doesn't reverberate with every step I take. I'm hoping to work up to a full Marathon within a year and would really be interested in doing a triathalon someday. Maybe summer of 2012 I'd be ready??? I don't know what is a reasonable amount of time to prepare for these things. What's a warrior dash? Sounds like fun!

Congratulations! I hope to be running some 5K's this summer as well!

That is awesome! You can call yourself a runner now.

I hope to do a 5K this year.

Congratulations, that's awesome.

I'm planning my first 5K on April 16th. Depending upon how it goes I may do a few this summer.

YES! I just completed my 2nd 5k today. It was more difficult as there was more uphill stretches and the first mile had me running in a downpour and it was 52 degrees out. So I was cold, wet and running uphill, but I made it! Bring on the next one March 12th 2011...

That's so cool! Haven't seen you a in a while. Glad you know you are doing well. Was just thinking of you a week or so ago.

Way to push yourself! I got peer-pressured into doing a 5K tomorrow. I'm nervous! It was an already paid-for registration, so I said I'd go for it.

Best of luck on your 5K tomorrow dk! You can do it! I need to get my butt in gear since I plan to walk my first 5K in May! Right now I can barely walk a mile and a half so I need to get training. Who knows, maybe next year I'll be running one!!!

Good luck Dk. You will do okay. It doesn't matter if you finish first or last as long as you finish. Cocoa! <hugs> it has been a while. I sent messages to you and Leigha a few weeks ago but everything disappeared and never went through. It was during that time when the site was down for a couple days. How are you? I don't get on here much and its all different so I can't figure out ho to find everyone again. Email me JensGems1217@gmail.com

YES! I just completed my 2nd 5k today. It was more difficult as there was more uphill stretches and the first mile had me running in a downpour and it was 52 degrees out. So I was cold, wet and running uphill, but I made it! Bring on the next one March 12th 2011...

Kentucky? I did mine today and the next one is on that date.

Good Luck Maggie that sounds like fun. I've always hated walking or running for sport and only did it for necessity before but since losing weight have discovered I actually love it now that my body doesn't reverberate with every step I take. I'm hoping to work up to a full Marathon within a year and would really be interested in doing a triathalon someday. Maybe summer of 2012 I'd be ready??? I don't know what is a reasonable amount of time to prepare for these things. What's a warrior dash? Sounds like fun!

Don't know if you ever got your answer about the Warrior Dash, but I just did it a week ago, it's a 5k obstacle course, ours included being in Water and going over logs, jumping over fire, mud pits and so much more, I'm addicted and getting ready for my next one, it's pushing me to do even better on my weightloss and feel great about me.

Congratulations! That is totally awesome! I have completed my second today but not in the running mode; however, I completed it in 54:07 minutes. I was also proud of finishing strong. Have you found that since you began working out like this that you are more hungry? How are you handling it? Celinamom

Yay me. Last Saturday I ran my first 5k and completed it. Yay. I wasn't speedy gonzalez but I ran the whole thing and finished. I think my time was 49 minutes or close to it. I actually was so excited at the finish line, and since this was my very first race, I didn't know I was supposed to turn in my bib tear off thingy to stop the clock and I spent a good 5 minutees jumping for joy and visiting with my friends, family and colleagues who showed up to support me. According to my cardio trainer app on my Droid, I was clocking about 15 min 40 seconds a mile. Which beats my former best time of 18 minutes plus... 15 years ago!

Congrat!!! I just finished a 5 k walk today my time wasn't exactly where I wanted it to be. Last year I did the walk in 52 mins this year 54 mins and I had music. I know it had to do with the extra weight I'm carry this year. But to think next year will be different I'm just so excited!! I think I'm gonna do walks next year then the following year I'm gonna run it out.