I did it!!!

Last night I ran my first ever 10 km race! What a great experience it was. As someone who could barely run a few blocks just a few short months ago, I was pretty pleased with myself for tackling this run.
When we got to the race I must admit that I was a bit overwhelmed by all the athletic looking people. I'm not sure what I had expected but I was pretty in awe of many of the runners. The race was a 5km and 10km all at once and it was a loop. Basically you ran 5km out and then turned around and ran back. It was unbelievable to see the elite runners that sprinted the whole thing. So inspiring!
I unfortunately was unable to locate my sister in law and her sisters before the race as they got there right before it started and with a good 1000 runners and walkers all lined up to race I couldn't find her. I was however soooooo thankful that my sweet husband had decided to run with me. He was such a great support. He stayed by my side the whole race (even though I know it killed him to be passes by some of the runners at the start) and he was an awesome voice of encouragement. We even sprinted across the finish line hand in hand (so fun).
I managed to run the 10km in 1 hour and 2 mins which was pretty amazing for me. The week before the ran we ran the 9km in 1 hour and 5 mins. The pace of the race was hard to keep up to but I am glad I pushed myself to do it! I placed right in the middle of my age group (age 20-29) which is pretty decent for being right at the 29 (old lady age) of the group!
We lucked out with perfect cool weather (17C) for running) and the smoke from all of the surrounding Forrest fires had cleared enough that we could still breath!
I can't wait for the next race!

I love T's face in this picture....he looks like he was just out for a stroll while I worked my buns off!

At least he looks like he ran a race in this one!

With my lovely sister in law (we didn't run together but we got the same time according to our electronic chips ) Note the smokey sky in the background.

Love this guy!