Monday, July 28, 2008

5K - Woodlands, TX

It's official...I ran my first race on Sat. It kicked my butt! My time was okay, but I was not as prepared as I thought I was...I'd better keep working on it if I really think I will ever be able to do a marathon...speaking of which...it's only 157 days away! So all you pro distance runners out there...any advice to a new distance runner?

Side note: Does it ever bug anyone else that when you type Illinois in certain fonts it looks like this: Illinois. UGH...It drives me crazy...it looks like 3 lowercase L's. Just a weird insite to my crazy brain!

8 comments:

Kayla said...

Or 3 uppercase I's...depending on how you look at it!

I am NOT a runner so I have no advice for you. Good luck!

Trent and Steph said...

Congrats on you first race. I haven't ran since high school.

Stephanie said...

That's awesome Alicia!

Barbara said...

Congratulations on your first race. No help on any running strategies or hint from me. I'm looking forward to seeing photos of your vacation. Illinois sure does look weird in many fonts and it sounds weird when some people pronounce it with an "s" at the end.

Unknown said...

Nice work! That is awesome. Way to go on becoming a distance runner. :)

My suggestions would be (not that i'm a pro...) to put in the miles and then rest. I only run 3 times a week now and for once am healthy!

todd said...

I can totally sympathize with the lllnois frustration. Until I was like 12, I used to thing that Hymn #233 was called, "Nay, Speak No. 3".

Crystal said...

Wow, I am no runner, so congrats on the 5k!! I would die even trying. Good luck with the upcoming marathon. Sorry, no advice here...

Erinn said...

Way-ta-go! I'm impressed! I would be able to run to the end of the street and back without throwing up! ;) You're my HERO!!!!!!!!!