I officially signed up for the Jim Gibbons 5k today. It is the first 5k I ever did, back in 2006. Here is a small excerpt from my embarrassing old college LiveJournal (to anyone interested in reading that pile of garbage, it is "friends only," sorry...
June 15, 2006Who knew I'd become so addicted only a few short years later? I think of what my life was then and what it is now and so much has changed! As kind of a trip down memory lane, I've made this race one of my goal races for the year. I'm excited to push the pace and aim for that 5k PR that I know I can achieve! It is on Thursday, June 14 at 6:30 in the city and quite a few of my fellow blogger friends are doing it too. I know there is an Active Advantage discount if you're a member, so you should sign up too! We are going to probably do a meetup too before and after the race. If you're looking for a reason to signup, last time I did it, there was free beer post-race. Just saying....!!!
i am running a 5k today for lukemia research. its the first 5k i've done in years, if ever. i am running it with amanda so it should be fun. if this works out, i might do these more often.
Do you often think about your first race (outside of high school athletics)? What distance was it and how long ago? I don't have any photos from back then, otherwise I would post it! Instead, I'll leave you with a photo from my first Shamrock Shuffle 8k, 9 months after my first ever 5k. I think this race was kind of a door-opener to other races for me. I had friends that were running it, I had graduated college, I was ready to start my life as an adult.
I'm the one in the middle, bib #19463, giving the camera the stink eye |
Now... Let's talk about some things about this photo that make me giggle. I don't even know what shorts those are. Those gym shoes are totally from high school and 4+ years old (and the sports bra is probably from high school too--yikes). I love that I'm wearing my bib over my boobs. Why wear a sweet UIC shirt if no one can see the logo? Also, I think that MP3 play I'm using can only hold about 15 songs on it. (Thankfully it was a short race.) Despite all these things, I still ran a 47:34 (9:34) with no pain. Ah to be young again. Haha. Do you have photos from an early race? How have you changed since then?
I haven't been running long enough to have "old" photos to look at, but I was just talking to a coworker about why blogging is great. If I ever want to know how a race went or my previous PRs, I can easily look them up. Or if someone says "can you bring that dessert you made with nutella and pretzels? It was really good," I can look that up, too.
ReplyDeleteOh, yeah, I totally have photos from my first race. I think I recently blogged them, even.
ReplyDeleteI just think about how I never thought I'd run a marathon and now I've run three and have more on my bucket list. That working out has become such a huge part of who I am. That I know more about running than I think I ever learned in college about much of anything :-)
My first two 5K races were in Park Forest. They used to do a 10 mile race on Labor Day, with a 5K at the same time. My parents would run/walk the 5K, and I told myself if they can do 3.1 miles, I can too. I think my longest "training run" was 2 miles, if even. According to Athlinks, I finished in 30:20 in 2005 (and I was 3rd among F20-24) and 29:53 in 2006. Then I didn't run another race until 2010.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree! I'm looking forward to continuing the running history of all these races!
ReplyDeleteI love Athlinks for this exact reason! That is so cool. I guess you could say "what a long strange trip it's been..." Haha
ReplyDeleteI totally agree. I think this is something I might do a post about in the next week... how I started, where I've come, and where I plan to go...
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