That's my time for my first 5k. I am more than pleased, since my goal was just to finish it within the allotted hour. And I didn't finish last. That was my biggest fear. Trevor finished at 38:24. He was hoping for less than 36 minutes, because his Running Club coach promised a treat to anyone who did, but I was still very impressed with his time. He left me in the dust, which is what I wanted him to do. I didn't want to hold him back.
About a mile into the race, I got the worst cramp. It hurt enough to make me think I was going to puke on everyone around me, so at that point I stopped trying to jog. I could see my car, and for a moment, I considered hopping in and just waiting for Trevor to finish. Then this petite pretty woman approached me, and we hit it off. If it weren't for her, I definitely don't think I would have done as well. She kept a fast walking pace and luckily for me didn't feel much like jogging. It turns out she's 3 months pregnant. At 3 months, I'm pretty sure I already looked about 6 months along, so I would have hated her if she weren't so nice. She stuck it out with me until the end, and I did end up jogging the last little stretch with her.
Trev wants to continue training to do more races, so I plan to keep alternating running/walking with the Chalene program. I only got in 2 of the Burn workouts this week, since I was letting my body rest in preparation, but I think it was well worth it. I'm going to book another race soon so I can continue to have a goal. It turns out fear of embarrassment is a very strong motivator for me.