10K Today

This morning I ran my first 10K. Actually, I ran my first organized race. I know that a 10K won't be all that impressive to some people who have run marathons (see Phillip's recent blog post), but for someone who hasn't trained at all and hasn't even been to the gym in a couple of weeks, it was a big morning for me. I was more than a little nervous that I might not be able to finish the 6.2 miles with no training. I started out decently strong and even caught up with my friend from work who talked me into signing up for this one around mile 2.5. By mile 3, my knees and ankles were protesting loudly. I was ready to give in by mile 4 and almost fell on some rocks at mile 4.5 (this was considered a cross country run).

I think my finishing time was 1 hour and 1 minute. Not a great time but I did finish. My knees were pretty sore afterwards and are still not wanting to support all of my weight. By the time I had lunch and took a shower I was feeling really sleepy. I slept from around 2 until 5 and then laid in bed watching TV for another couple of hours because my legs didn't want to let me get up. I think the excessive sleeping had more to do with the fact that I get no sleep during the week and just was worn out.

I hope to continue running. Maybe I'll do a little training before my next run and possible work toward a marathon. Adventure racing is also sounding pretty exciting to me.

This all came about when my senior at work mentioned he was running in the Trinity River Levee Run. He knew I was interested in running (or at least talking about it) and asked if I wanted to run. He was registering online and pressured me into it.

The whole runners' atmosphere is pretty interesting.