feel the burn

So, I just finished my first race ever: The IBM 10K Uptown Classic
Man, that was fun. For a couple minutes there, I thought I was a little in over my head. My breath was getting heavy, the sweat was falling in my face, my shins were aching a little, and my pace was getting a little slow.

But then all of a sudden, I'm at Mile 5 . . . out of 6, so the end was in sight. When it was all over, I realized that 10K's really no sweat. I finished in about 58 minutes, so a little more than 9 minutes per mile, which is a pace that I'm okay with.

Wow, I feel great. Plus, afterwards, I still had time to go over to church and hang out with everyone. Yeah, that was fun. But I'm a little tired now, and I know I'll be slightly sore tomorrow.

But, hmm, now I'm contemplating d0ing some heavier distance runs. That was a lot easier than I thought it'd be, especially with the free water tables and people cheering you on.

Here's my official stats: 902nd place (yeah, I know, doesn't sound very sexy.) But I finished in 57 minutes and 16.3 seconds. And 78th in my age group, which makes me kind of happy.

Whoo-hoo, I feel good. I think I'm gonna run more of these.