I need to get tougher

Family House 5K today. Bottom line: my time was 24:00.7 (70 out of 239)

What happened: mile 1: 7:27 (ok) Mile 2: 7:33 (15:01). Mile 3: 8:14 (23:15). 45 seconds for the last .1.
What went wrong: I was tracking Mike Rucker at mile 2 and then stopped! He yelled at me for stopping.

I just am not used to “5K” type of pain; I was out of breath. I walked a few seconds, restarted but couldn’t regain my lost ground (20 seconds or so). In the last mile Terry Whitehead got me back and Pat O’Bryan almost got me.

The silver lining: this is my fastest time since January 8, 2006 (well before my piriformis injury). Still, I want to get that sub 24 monkey off of my back.

Irony I used an age grade calculator to compare this 5K run to the marathon walk I did a couple of weeks ago. My “equivalent” marathon walk time: 5:14:31. My actual time: 5:14:26.

Barbara went with me and finished in 56:00. I walked the last mile with her; I finished with 6 for the day.

Some photos:

Mary Hosbrough with friends at mile 2.

Barbara at mile 2.

Butt shot of Barbara.

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