First 5K

Saturday October 6th, 2007 I ran my first 5k race, it was being held for the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure. I was number 10659. I saw numbers going as high as 13400. It was a good day for the run. When we got there it was overcast, and just lightly spitting some rain. It was more like a thick fog then a rain. It was actually quite refreshing, as I started off, i found that i was starting off a little fast, thanks to my trusty heart rate monitor. So i back it off a little bit, so that i would be able to finish strong. I was able to pass many people b/c they could not sustain their speed they started of with. I felt a lot like the tortoise and the hare, But we all remember that the tortoise ended up winning. I won b/c i was their. To think back to June when i started walking buster, we would go out for a little less than two miles. After about a week or two, we started jogging a block or two at a time, by the end of june, i was dropping buster off and going out for another 3 blocks worth of jogging. That was all i could do. Well know i have completed my first 5k race, I run more than that most every morning of the week. I am planning on running a 15k in February, then a sprint Tri in May, and finishing off the year with a half Iron Man in September. I have dropped almost 90lbs, during this period as well. I am so happy that i have made these changes in my life, and i look forward to what new challenges i will face in the future.