My 1st 10k!

Last Sunday I ran my first 10k! It didn't turn out how I expected, but I am still proud of my accomplishment. On the race day I decided that I would walk to where the race started, I misjudged how long it would take me to get there and I only made it 15 minutes before my race started! Once I got there, I couldn't find the bag check! I asked other runners and they couldn't find it either. They were putting their things in the bushes and hoping no one would take it. I found a tennis club next to the starting line, so I put my stuff in a locker without a lock and hoped for the best! Needless to say, I started the race stressed out.

My other complaint about the race is the water station. The info sheet about the race said that there would be 3 water stations on the 10k route. I thought that would be sufficient so I didn't wear my water bottle belt. There only ended up being one station! After the 2k mark!! I was DYING of thirst by the end of the race. I'm so lucky that it wasn't hot that day. The fact that I was so dehydrated, made the last 3k so hard to run. I had to stop and walk a lot more often then I was planning.

All in all I'm very happy that I was able to finish my first 10k race in 1:08:01. This poorly planned race definitely won't stop me from running in another 10k race. I just might have my eyes set on another 10k in september!