Well, I DID IT! I have officially finished my first OFFICIAL 5K RACE!
I put those words in capital because while I've already done a run, it wasn't official (chip timing kinda makes it obviously official), I put 5K because it's the first time I did a 5K run (I'll still point out that CIBC run was only 4.86K) and RACE because the other runs I did wasn't a race! That's three things all in one to make an even bigger goal that I have now accomplished!
I haven't been following through on a lot of things that I've undertaken, so me picking up running and not just continuing with it but actually running a race is feeling pretty darn good right now!
Anywho, let's get to some stats and pictures, shall we?!
WOOHOO! I was too busy trying not to throw up after I crossed the finish line and then getting my blanket and medal, so I didn't get around to turning off the program until a bit later. I marked off my official chip time on the graph though. So at 40:13:0, I had run 5.16K! :)
And do you SEE the elevation?! Can you believe it that for the first part of the race, I had no idea I was running uphill. It wasn't a very dramatic uphill, but it was definitely a prolonged rising slope, plus all the people kind of made me not notice, but yeah! I ran uphill and didn't even notice it until I turned around and Bart said I should keep going because it'll all be downhill from there, and I was like, what?!
Sadly, a runner can't hide from a miCoach graph, so there's a couple times there where I walked. *wince* Four times to be exact, but the other few were more like....shuffling. I was slowing my run down and getting ready to walk, but instead of coming to a full walk, I just kept my arms down and shuffled along so I was moving faster than a walk...to catch my breath. But like it normally is for me, whenever I stop to walk for the first time, it's always hard to maintain and that's when I kept stopping every so often. *sigh* Ah well!
I love this picture. You can totally see the crowd waaaay at the back. I like to pretend I'm the first place person and everyone back there is just riffraff behind me! *LOL* Bart did an awesome job running back and forth taking pictures of me and my red, sweaty face! I made the mistake of thinking it will stay cold for the run, so I went wearing my sports bra and a regular running shirt and then I put on my pink Nike sweater and then my running jacket on top of that. It was TORTURE! I had pinned my bib to my jacket so I couldn't even unzip it or take it off without taking up even MORE time so I just left it and sweated it out. I must have lost like, 10 pounds just from that! *LOL* (Which I gained back by going out to celebrate at IHOP!* giggles*)
Wanna see something funny?
HAAAAAAHAHAHAHA! This cracks me up EVERY single time! I totally beat that hand-holding couple behind me though! *LOL*
This is my trying to NOT fall flat on my face at the finish line after Bart PUSHED me!
Background story for that. When Bart signed up, I allowed him to do so under the condition that he can NOT get a faster time than me! *LOL* He could stay with me, but coming to the finish line, he has to get behind me *LOL* (I know, I'm an awful wife!) But as we were running and I saw that couple hold hands before crossing the finish line, I thought, hmm, that seems like a good idea, let's do that. So I start reaching back for Bart's hand trying to take it and he kept batting my hand away! Next thing I know, he places his hand squarely on my back and pushes me ahead over the finish line! *LOL*
After, when I told him I was trying to hold his hand so we could cross together, he was like, you said you wanted to go first!!! Hahahaa...ah well, here's our finish times!
I think you can click on it to make it bigger. But, there it is! He came in one millisecond after me! :)
So official results: I came in 326th out of 396 5K runners, 21st out of 24 runners in my age group and 173 out of 226 women in the 5K! Look at me, I have official stats!
Awww, we're so proud of our medals! Well, at least I am! I don't think I've ever gotten a medal for anything, so YAY ME!!!
But there it is, that was the Niagara International Marathon and we DID IT! Overall, I had an AWESOME weekend! After that, we went to stuff our faces with pancake at IHOP and then we went over to the spa to reward our hard work!
*swoons* The pedicure leg massage was sooo good after the run! We were definitely spoiled!
Post-race pampering can't get any better than that, my friends! Now I feel like I should get that kind of reward after every run that I participate in! *LOL*
Goal for next run: run the whole thing!!! (And hopefully beat my time!)
I put those words in capital because while I've already done a run, it wasn't official (chip timing kinda makes it obviously official), I put 5K because it's the first time I did a 5K run (I'll still point out that CIBC run was only 4.86K) and RACE because the other runs I did wasn't a race! That's three things all in one to make an even bigger goal that I have now accomplished!
I haven't been following through on a lot of things that I've undertaken, so me picking up running and not just continuing with it but actually running a race is feeling pretty darn good right now!
Anywho, let's get to some stats and pictures, shall we?!
WOOHOO! I was too busy trying not to throw up after I crossed the finish line and then getting my blanket and medal, so I didn't get around to turning off the program until a bit later. I marked off my official chip time on the graph though. So at 40:13:0, I had run 5.16K! :)
And do you SEE the elevation?! Can you believe it that for the first part of the race, I had no idea I was running uphill. It wasn't a very dramatic uphill, but it was definitely a prolonged rising slope, plus all the people kind of made me not notice, but yeah! I ran uphill and didn't even notice it until I turned around and Bart said I should keep going because it'll all be downhill from there, and I was like, what?!
Sadly, a runner can't hide from a miCoach graph, so there's a couple times there where I walked. *wince* Four times to be exact, but the other few were more like....shuffling. I was slowing my run down and getting ready to walk, but instead of coming to a full walk, I just kept my arms down and shuffled along so I was moving faster than a walk...to catch my breath. But like it normally is for me, whenever I stop to walk for the first time, it's always hard to maintain and that's when I kept stopping every so often. *sigh* Ah well!
I love this picture. You can totally see the crowd waaaay at the back. I like to pretend I'm the first place person and everyone back there is just riffraff behind me! *LOL* Bart did an awesome job running back and forth taking pictures of me and my red, sweaty face! I made the mistake of thinking it will stay cold for the run, so I went wearing my sports bra and a regular running shirt and then I put on my pink Nike sweater and then my running jacket on top of that. It was TORTURE! I had pinned my bib to my jacket so I couldn't even unzip it or take it off without taking up even MORE time so I just left it and sweated it out. I must have lost like, 10 pounds just from that! *LOL* (Which I gained back by going out to celebrate at IHOP!* giggles*)
Wanna see something funny?
HAAAAAAHAHAHAHA! This cracks me up EVERY single time! I totally beat that hand-holding couple behind me though! *LOL*
This is my trying to NOT fall flat on my face at the finish line after Bart PUSHED me!
Background story for that. When Bart signed up, I allowed him to do so under the condition that he can NOT get a faster time than me! *LOL* He could stay with me, but coming to the finish line, he has to get behind me *LOL* (I know, I'm an awful wife!) But as we were running and I saw that couple hold hands before crossing the finish line, I thought, hmm, that seems like a good idea, let's do that. So I start reaching back for Bart's hand trying to take it and he kept batting my hand away! Next thing I know, he places his hand squarely on my back and pushes me ahead over the finish line! *LOL*
After, when I told him I was trying to hold his hand so we could cross together, he was like, you said you wanted to go first!!! Hahahaa...ah well, here's our finish times!
I think you can click on it to make it bigger. But, there it is! He came in one millisecond after me! :)
So official results: I came in 326th out of 396 5K runners, 21st out of 24 runners in my age group and 173 out of 226 women in the 5K! Look at me, I have official stats!
Awww, we're so proud of our medals! Well, at least I am! I don't think I've ever gotten a medal for anything, so YAY ME!!!
But there it is, that was the Niagara International Marathon and we DID IT! Overall, I had an AWESOME weekend! After that, we went to stuff our faces with pancake at IHOP and then we went over to the spa to reward our hard work!
*swoons* The pedicure leg massage was sooo good after the run! We were definitely spoiled!
Post-race pampering can't get any better than that, my friends! Now I feel like I should get that kind of reward after every run that I participate in! *LOL*
Goal for next run: run the whole thing!!! (And hopefully beat my time!)
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