Wednesday, March 17, 2010

St. Patty's Day 5K

Well, I did it.  I ran my first official 5K.  And how did I do, do you ask?  Good.  Great!  GRAND!  WONDERFUL!!!  (No yelling on the bus!)  (Name that movie!)

Overall, there were things that I liked and things that I really didn't like about the race.  I didn't like that we didn't start on time.  I'm pretty sure it was 10 minutes late.  I didn't like that there wasn't a really "Start" line.  I didn't like that the only thing I got at the finish line was water (but that part doesn't really matter).  I didn't like that the guy in front of me the WHOLE race was wearing liner shorts that were GREY and TIGHT and GROSS.
But I did like that after I crossed the finish line, I got a card with my info saying my time, pace and rank.  Oh.  Are you waiting for me to tell you my time?  Well:

26:17.1
(8:27 min/mi)
16th place OVERALL (but I'm pretty sure that means women overall)
5th in Women 25-29

YES!!!!!!!!  I did it!  I came in under 27 minutes!  I'm so happy and I was really, REALLY pushing at the end.  My first mile I did in 8:16, second mile was 8:45 and last mile was 8:46.

Also, my hubby made it there and got a picture of me with the last .1 to go. 

Best.Picture.EVER.
Happy St. Patrick's Day!

18 comments:

Amanda said...

Congrats on a great time. I just ran my first 5k 32:33. Do you have any suggestions on how to train to get my speed up?

England said...

Nice sister! That is great speed! Wasn't it lovely weather to run in today? Jenn & I ran 4 down Hawthorne Rd tonight with the dogs. It was a beautiful evening! GOOD JOB!!

Unknown said...

Good Job...the movie is Billy Madison. I love surprise quizzes.

Running Pretty said...

Congrats on your first 5k, Im running my first in April.

L.B. said...

Congrats on the race and the time!

That's an awesome picture! Your eyes are boring a hole right through me, they're so intense :)

Alicia said...

Billy Madison is my all-time favorite movie! I have most of it memorized and I am *SUPER* annoying to watch it with for that reason. Girl, you are quickly becoming one of my favorite people! Ha ha!

Beautiful pic ;) and great time on your 1st 5k!

Marathonman101108 said...

Congrats! The first race is always the BEST race, even if you don't get any cool "bling" after you finish. Great time too. Cool that your hubby was able to take the "possessed" pic of you! :-)

Jen said...

Awesome first race. And I love Billy Madison too.... and Happy Gilmore... and most of Adam Sandler's movies... I actually named my cat sandler after him.

Pining for Pinterest said...

Love the picture! Great time too :-)

Laura said...

Wow, congratulations!!! 5th place is AWESOME!!!

Gary and Renee said...

Go Whitney! LOVE the picture!

Christina said...

Congrats on your first 5K! You had a great time and I love the picture.

Dave and Candace said...

Thanks again for inviting me to race and good job on the great time . . . the only reason I got a good time is because I was trying so hard to keep up with YOU!! So, thanks for the inspiration :) Love the pictures.

Tara said...

OMG I LOVE that pic of you! So intense!

Congrats on your time and your race chica!

ajh said...

just read about you on Alicia's blog. It sounds like you did a half just a short time later! Good for you!

Anne said...

Alicia mentioned you had a great race and she was right...what a fun recap! Congrats on an excellent time. I'm also a new runner and I'm really hoping to break the 30min. 5K soon...but, I'm not there yet :)

Momma Twitch said...

I found ya through Alicia's blog. Great job on your race!! And that picture is FREAKIN AWESOME! lol! You're running the Riverton Half? ME TOO! It'll be my first half EVER. :)

Christy said...

First of all, I'm freaking OBSESSED with that picture. For reals. It cracks me up every time I see it.

Second of all, nice job at meeting your goal! My 5K PR is 26:21...this just reiterates the fact that we would be perfect running buddies. We would push each other to the limit!