.....in my age group. 522nd out of more than 1700 people. Not bad for my FIRST 5K run race today in Elgin. I feel great and am so proud of myself that I trained and stuck to it and did it!
My time was 34:20. I averaged about 11 minutes a mile. Not lightning speed, but dammit, I did it! And that's with an ipod that SEIZED UP at the 1 mile mark. Son of a bitch technology. So i had to run the rest of the race without Elvis and James Brown.
The coolest thing was at the end I saw this paramedic who was one of the guys who got me out of my house and to the hospital just in time when I had the staph infection in my spinal column. If it wasn't for this guy and his crew, I'd probably be paralyzed today. No joke, no exaggeration. That was the reality I faced back in 2002. So, I went up to him and shook his hand and said "you saved my life". He was very cool and when he asked me, "so, how you doin now?" I said "Hey- i just ran my first 5K." it was then i realized how far I've come from that horible experience. And then his sister, who had run the race, took our picture because he was touched that I took the time to thank him.
yay! I can walk! And run!
Happy memorial day! I'm going to go visit the Vecchio memorial today and then do a little swimming. My next race is on the 16th. We'll see if i can't get that tine a little better.
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