I have registered for my first 5k. I am doing the Freedom Festival 5k in Provo on July 4th.
Let me first explain why I decided to register. Thursday night I decided that on Saturday I was going to try to run a longer distance than I normally run. So I took Friday off from any physical exercise. Saturday morning I woke up and ate my usual oatmeal and walnut breakfast and then about an hour later I started my run. I decided not to use the app I usually use to track my distance because I have found it's not that entirely accurate every time I use it. Anyways, so I just started my stop watch on my iphone. I ran for 30 minutes straight. I could have ran longer, but I was CERTAIN that I had just ran at LEAST 3 miles. Well I was slightly off, my husband and I loaded up our kids in the car and measured my distance with our car. It turns out I ran 2.6 miles. Which at first I was a little disappointed that I didn't reach the 3 mile mark, but then I realized I ran WITHOUT stopping for 2.6 miles. It was a true miracle. So this is how I decided that I was just about ready to try my hand at running my first 5k earlier than my goal.
This will be my first race ever. I already have anxiety about it. No joke. I have already paid my registration fee, so there is no turning back. I keep having these ridiculous thoughts like...what if I get lost while I'm running, or what if I am the last one to pass the finish line? Well, according to my husband it will be impossible to "get lost" while running the race because there are thousands of runners and they have the whole course blocked off. Then my claustrophobia button clicked on and now I am fretting about running with thousands of runners!!! I am extremely claustrophobic. I get claustrophobic if my blankets are too tight when I sleep. So this could be very problematic for me. Also, he was adamant that there was no way I would be the last to finish. I still feel iffy about that.
When I registered it asked me what my mile pace was. I put 12:00. Which means I should have a finish of about 36 minutes. After doing much research last night while I was fretting over being in last place found that most beginner runners finish a 5k anywhere from 30-45 minutes. Which made me feel a tiny bit better.
While I was doing my research I found a ton of 5k training programs. I made up my own training program since my race is only 4 weeks away and also because none of the programs were really what I was looking for. I know most people probably don't include yoga in their training programs, but I really like yoga and I feel like it has really made a difference in my training so far.
I am actually really excited about doing my first race. I informed my husband that I am going to frame my running tag and put it on the wall. I'm not joking. I then informed him that I just might be crazy enough to try to run a 10k in the fall. I guess we'll see how my first race goes and then I can make more crazy decisions! :)
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