I survived a 10k!

Despite the way my body feels today, I am super pumped about my accomplishment yesterday. I (mostly) ran the Swedish Sumerun 10k, that's 6.2 miles! I've been training through a weight watchers program for the past 2 months and we finally tested our abilities. I was the only runner in the training group, everyone else walked, and I was the only one to do the 10k. Downside of signing up for the Swedish run, was that it took place on First Hill and Capital Hill....please note the HILL part of the these locations. The race started off heading north on Minor and then we made a turn down Seneca, that was the first of the hills, but we were heading down it so I didn't mind. Then the course headed north through much of Capital Hill with little to no hills until we hit the 2 mile marker and then we headed down 3 huge hills, again not bad going down, but I feared what this meant in the near future. I was "rewarded" at the 3 mile marker when we turned onto the historic Interlaken Blvd. Basically an old curvy road that's super fun to drive down, but painful to run up. I took that as an opportunity to speed walk for a mile (that's right it was a mile long!). When I reached the top it was mostly smooth sailing for the final 2.4 miles. It was so awesome crossing that finish line at my goal time of 1 hour and 15 minutes. That's just under a 12 minute mile. To put this in perspective the lady that won 1st in the 10k race did it in 40 minutes or a 6min 15 second average mile speed......I would have loved to see her take that mile long hill, I bet it was amazing to watch. And as if that wasn't enough punishment for the day, I had two basketball games in the evening (without subs). All I want to do today is take an ice bath, but I'm still proud of myself! Next goal is to walk a 1/2 marathon. Sara and I will be signing up for the Super Jock 'n Jill 1/2 marathon in Woodinville September 7th for anyone intersted in joining us (you can register online at www.superjocknjill.com $55 if you register by 8/16).