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No one is more surprised than me! I did my first 5k yesterday and I lived to tell! Lol

I was intimidated when I first arrived but I was in a group and it was wonderful!

Dare I say I want to do it again and not just run/ walk like I did this time but maybe actually running the entire course ????

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Congrats on the accomplishment.

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Congrats.. A goal of mine as well!!!

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first 5k yesterday

@@Nurse_Lenora

why were you surprised with this great NSV??

i always knew you could do it!!

having fun, doing this with friends is an extra plus

keep running til you get to the GOAL line

1,2,3 - GO!!

no stopping now!!

now, start all over again with maintenance

maintenance will last for the rest of your life

keep up the good work :)

kathy

congrats

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WHOOHOOO!!! You've been bit by the running bug! Keep it up! You will go far. ;)

Congrats!

pam

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Congratulations on your accomplishment! That is really awesome.

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first 5k yesterday

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first 5k yesterday

sorry dudes/dudettes!!!

stupid dup that we love to hate

kathy

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Thank you all! I was surprised becAuse the old me would have been like no way! I can not do that!

I need to map out the distance in my neighborhood so I can do 5k more often

I work best with landmarks....from my front door to this intersection is 1 mile etc....

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NICE!!! Hooray for you! Isn't it the greatest feeling to cross that finish line!?!?

Careful ... it is addicting. :) Did my first 5K last August and have done at least one race per month since then. Started out walking, moved to "wogging" (mostly walking with a little job here and there), to doing walk/run intervals my last race. Haven't managed a full race all running yet, but working on it. This last one I pulled out a sub 13-minute mile pace for the whole race though, so nothing wrong with walk/run intervals. I am now registered for my first 5-miler, 10-miler, and will soon begin training for a marathon walk in the fall.

Best of luck to you ... I look forward to hearing about more races from you!!!

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I figure I live in a major city and no one loves races more than Chicago....I swear there's one every weekend!

I need to find more to do and my goal is to run at least 75% of the 5k next time [emoji4]

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:) That's very cool. Congratulations. :)

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No one is more surprised than me! I did my first 5k yesterday and I lived to tell! Lol

I was intimidated when I first arrived but I was in a group and it was wonderful!

Dare I say I want to do it again and not just run/ walk like I did this time but maybe actually running the entire course ????

That is amazing. I have always wanted to complete a 5k.

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