Super Sunday 5K!

I did it! I completed my first goal on my way to the half-marathon in May; I ran my first 5k! This morning, Katie, Mike, Nick and I competed in the Marathon Sports SuperSunday 5K. The race took place down along the waterfront downtown. We left Somerville at 8am, and met Mike at South Station. We then took a bus (a PARTY BUS!) from South Station to the start of the race, which began at Legal Seafood headquarters. There were about 1,250 people there, and we all had numbers and ChampionChip timers....so it was 100% offical. There were some people running at 10k as well. They called us to the Start/Finish line, and had the "good" runners (those that wanted to run under a 6 minute mile) in the front, and then everyone else in the back. There was a fun countdown, and the race began...we were a little towards the middle, so it took some time to get going, but I crossed the starting line and my ChampionChip started...I was off!

Katie, Nick and Mike all took off ahead of me, and we basically said to each other, "See you at the end!" The route was basically down Seaport boulevard (past the Bank of America pavillion, Anthony's and the Seaport Hotel), around the courthouse, back down Seaport boulevard, and then this odd turn around some plant place in South Boston, and then back to Legal Seafood. I did fairly well, I think that I started a little too fast, because I got to mile 1 and I was at a 8:15 mile, which is much faster than I normally run. I did really well past the 2 mile mark, and then I started to get a little winded and tired, so I walked for about .10 mile, and then jogged again, a little slower then before. I hit mile 3, and I could see the finish line, I got a burst of energy and almost sprinted to the finish line, with Katie, Mike and Nick (who finished before me) cheering me on. I crossed the finish line, and didn't collapse! Hooray! Now, I know what you're waiting for, how did I do? Well, my unoffical time is.........

30:15!

That's basically a 10 minute mile, which is a decent pace. I'm pretty happy with my results, especially for my first 5k! My offical time will be up tomorrow sometime, once the results are posted online. The best part about this race? Free beer at the end! Hooray! Next stop: the St. Patrick's Day 5k in Somerville on March 15th....now, back to training!