5K Completed!

Today was my 5K.  It is much different running outside than running in place inside!  I started out tired! I ended up walking about a half mile of it.  There were no mile markers, and we guesstimated that we had done about 1 mile.  I didn't think I could keep up running for another 2 miles so we walked for about 8 minutes then ran again.  Turns out we were farther than we thought and the finish line was SO close. I'm bummed because had I known, I would have just pushed through and ran.  

My time was 46 minutes 11 seconds.  Not great... About a 15 minute mile.  I'm going to spend this year working on getting used to running outside and trying to increase my speed.  There's another 5K in Vermont, the Humane Society's Walk for the Animals, on June 15.  I'm tempted to register for that one too.  Tracy is trying to convince me to sign up for a 10K at the end of this year.  I don't think I'm ready for that.  Maybe next spring.  But I need to increase my speed before I do anything like that!  So maybe I'll shoot for the 5K in June, then try to find another one in September, then October.  By then I should be more used to running and getting faster.

I did not eat as well today for dinner but hoping all the exercise today will balance it out.