NSV - 5K

I posted this in the Christmas Card thread, but what the hell.  I'm pretty proud of myself.

I have never run any sort of race in my life.  I think the last time I ran was when I did field day in 3rd grade.  And did pretty horrible.

A few weeks ago, I got this notion that I wanted to try and run a 5K.  So I've tried to squeeze in as much training as I could, and last Saturday was the big day.  It was the Flint YMCA 5K Santa Run/Walk.  We were all dressed up in Santa outfits, and they had milk and cookies at a couple of points during the race (happy to say, I resisted the milk and cookies and kept moving right on by).

Now I'll admit, I wasn't able to actually run the whole thing, but when I had to do some walking, I did make sure I kept up a pretty fast pace.  I had a playlist of 140 BPM songs that kept me moving pretty well.  I finished with a time of 37:24, which I was happy with for my first run.

This was also huge for me, because I've always had a bad knee, and I didn't know how it was going to respond, even with losing all of my weight.  Fortunately, the knee was a little stiff afterwards but not bad at all.

Here's me with Santa's Little Helper (my daughter)

Here's me at the starting line:

And me afterwards, way too excited for the medal:

Congratulations, Bill.   That is an amazing achievement and one you have every right to be proud of.    Love the photos.  Your daughter is adorable! 

Nik

That is SO AWESOME!!!  Congratulations!!!

I am so proud of you. I just love when you post pictures of you and your daughter. You are teaching her such a great life lesson. I bet she is so glad to have a dad that can do stuff with her. 

It must have felt amazing. 

Congratulations. 

Wonderful. Keep plugging along..

Nice work Bill. Keep it up.

My Santa hat is off to you! 

Go Bill! Yayyy!!!! 

Whoo-Hoo!!  Awesome.  

I'd rather scoop my eyes out with a spoon than run anywhere, so I am impressed with anyone who voluntarily runs.