5K Run

So today I ran my first 5K run since high school. Really, it has probably been close to ten years (almost on the dot) and it felt really good. I’d like to thank the SLC Marathon for their graciousness in giving me running shirts. They have really served as my inspiration since I didn’t have any running clothes before and its made a big difference.

I was going to try to time my run but, well… I remembered to check the time before I started, but after having completed my second loop of Sugarhouse Park I forgot to check the time again. So all I really know is that I started around 6:40. That’s about it.

Luckily I was listening to the new Travis album as I was running. I know that it took me about the first seven tracks of the album. I just did the calculation and according to iTunes it takes me 27.6 minutes to run 5 kilometers. That may not be impressive to runners, but try not running for ten years, and then you’ll see.

So basically it was pretty awesome. It was kind of hot, but luckily I had enough water… and then drinking the water kind of made my side hurt as I ran.

This is my third day running. I did one loop on Tuesday, one on Wednesday, and two on Friday (today). We had previously measured the length of the loop in the park and it comes to almost exactly a mile and a half. That means that my two loops were three miles. I’m checking on google and it looks like 3 miles is exactly equivalent to 4.83 kilometers. We’ll call that 5K for our purposes. Saying that makes me feel better about myself… and isn’t that really what’s most important?