1.3.09

First 10K - fastbreak post

Just got back from DocFit. My first 10K. I'm so grateful for C who ran beside me and endured my slow pace and crankiness in the last stretch.

My goal was just to finish. I was hoping to finish in 58min or times two my 5K PR. But I wasn't so confident during the entire run.

Just really took it one stride at a time.

I knew I was really slow but I pushed it a bit in the last 1K because I didn't want to be beaten by this pretty young actress. Hahaha!

So when we were nearing the finish line (and I was gulping air like a mad woman), I was so surprised to hear C say that the timer said 56 something. So I tried again to sprint some more and I think we crossed the finish at 57:05. Whew. UPDATE: my official time is 57:07

Happy I finished the run. Thankful for C's patience. Will write some more about this later. Need to elevate legs. Right shin was a bit painful at the start of the run.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Galing!

makescoffeenervous said...

thanks, anon!

makescoffeenervous said...

oh, i'm not saying magaling nga ako, okay? just saying thanks for saying that. but i'm not magaling. :)

Unknown said...

Anong hindi magaling? You finished strong!

I hope to work my way up to that kind of pace eventually. Here's wishing! =)

makescoffeenervous said...

hahaha! gina, hindi talaga. i know that. just really benefiting from good training from great coaches. yun lang talaga. :)