First 10K
I am 8 months out and have taken up running as my main type of cardio. I have done 4 5K's and one was a mud one. I ran 6.21 two times to prepare in the weeks before hand. The first was in 1:12:30. The second was in 1:07:50. I was pretty stoked to drop almost 5 minutes off my time for the practice. This 10K was the Wounded Warrior Dash. I am a disabled vet so it meant a lot to me. Plus I have lost 121 pounds so I was very excited! Race day was raining with lightening. We got delayed an hour. But I did awesome!!! My goal was to finish in under 1:05. I finished in exactly 1 hour!! No seconds. How crazy is that. I have never ran a mile in less than 9:43 so to run all 6 less than that is crazy. Overall I finished 24th out of 124 females in my age group 30-34 and overall I finished 142nd out of all 714 females. What??? Who is this person? Not bad for my first 10K, huh? I think a half marathon doesn't sound so bad now......
5' 8.75" HW 278 / Doctor supervised Diet 271 / SW 247 / Doctor's goal 175 / Personal Goal 167/ Current weight 155/ M1: 24.8 M2: 10.8 M3: 10.8 M4: 10.4 M5: 7.6 M6: 10.6 M7: 6.6 M8: 5.6 M9: 5.0
You're my hero (in more ways than one)! I'm struggling to run 45 seconds at a time, plus my knees are killing me! But I walked for 90 minutes yesterday and I'm trying to strengthen my thighs to help out my knees. You've given me something to strive for!
Height 5'4" HW:223 Lap band 2006, revised to Sleeve 5/8/2013, SW:196
