First Race Down.

Weight: about 6 lbs lighter
Mood: "I raced yesterday (Yawn), what did you do?" smugness.

Yippee. Ran my first 5k yesterday - the St. Patrick's Day race - and finished it. I think I walked too much and finished in just under 37 mins, which is slow, but again, finished it. David and Chad were there to run along with me, as was Daran and his son - and all of his smack talk. Made me giggle when he asked me to pee in a cup to check for performance enhancement drugs. The only performance enhancers that are in my system would be a Tim's Double-Double and maye some banana bread. Hardly controversial.That said, the race was full of very serious runners and tri-clubs. They haven't eaten carbs or coffee cream in a long time. I'm sure they'd throw me out if they knew...

They all had matching jackets/shirts. Candice and I think we should get some of our own (not the Bermuda Triangle Challenge shirts - those are for me, Lily and Charity and maybe Lothar). I thought it'd be funny if our logo was "<> Racing Team - Almost as fast as our internet". tee hee. We'll see if we can do it.

I'm sore today, but not without a certain sense of accomplishment. Met Aman for a movie this afternoon and she commented that I'm looking thinner. gotta love her. I made her say it four times. :)

My bronchial cold from last week reared it's ugly head during the race which made me reconsider my pre-race ritual. I will be packing kleenex, my own damn water, bobby pins and hair bands for the next one. I wanted to barf about 3.5 kms into the race - I was coughing up stuff no one ever needs to see - hence the kleenex. My iTouch was a little helpful - but I need better earphones - suggestions, please. I'd like to thank Lady Gaga and Ke$ha for getting me through the trauma of being passed by a 10k racer at the 4km-ish point. I'm not kidding. those suckers are fast. Going back to the water comment above... I need to practice running and drinking from those little cups. ended up spilling most of it all over myself. HOTNESS. or HOTNE$$ :)

The winner of the 5k won in 16:37 mins. that's about 20mins faster than me. It still makes me giggle quite a bit. I just want to make it under 30 mins - and I think I can. so there.

Next up: running 4x/week. And the CBI Hustle for Hunger on April 4th - another 5km race. Jessica is running with me and I'm pretty sure I can get Chad & David to come along too with the promise of another race shirt. Race Shirt Sluts :)

Adios for another weekish. h.