victorious!!

i did it! my first 10k! the longest distance i've ever run! and it felt great. well, maybe i should wait until tomorrow to really give an accurate account of how my body responds. but for now, i'm good.

i've found that the first 10-15 minutes of any type of cardio that i do is some of the most difficult. i don't know why it happens that way, and i wish it didn't. it's always a bit aggravating to feel like i need to stop when i'm not even that far into a workout. however, once i pass that time frame, i feel like the world is mine to conquer. without fail, that's how today's run started out. it was a chilly 40 degrees outside, with a bitch-of-a-wind that would not let up. (thankfully the rain held off until after the race. if it had started raining during the race i would have had to say peace out.) we ran through downtown, the south main district, uptown district, past st jude children's hospital, and finished at autozone park. when i got to the 2 mile marker and saw that i was on pace, that gave me a little boost of self-confidence, and the rest is history!!

63:21 and a smile on my face :)

side note: apparently we had "good" weather for the race because as i look out of my window, sleet is starting to cover the roof of our neighbor's house. thank you, mother nature, for holding off until we could all get warm and safe inside our homes. i think i'll go make some hot chocolate now.