My first ever 5k race..

hahaha.. I know the title sounds like an English essay from primary school, but I thought it would be appropriate...

Well, you guys got the earlier part of the story from John's... Ironically, as we were walking down the slope to the starting line, I heard the blow horn and said "imagine if that was the 5k run".. And guess what?.. It was... :/

Anyway, as John sprinted away in front, I started off running faster that I should have.. Covered around 1.5km in less than 10 mins, which is a big deal for me... Alas, probably paid the price for that blunder... Anyway, the area around the shop lots was pretty ok... Then, I hit the slopes.. I ran up all the slopes (albeit not very fast)... The downhill parts were a welcome relief... My goal was to finish in 48 mins, but with the delayed start and the unexpected slowness of running uphill, I was a tad disappointed with my time (my lake gardens run was better).. However, I'm happy that I finished my first ever race within 1 hour (yay!).. I must say that I learned a lot from this race... While I was taking breaks, I took notice of how the 10k runners were running... Now, I'm more determined to improve myself... Anyway, as the time was hitting 52-53 mins, I started running as fast as I could to the finish line (even with the freaking steep climb to the finish line, Joa was a witness to the end result of that on myself.. hehehe..)... Saw Joa waving at me frantically at the finish line... Was a tad disoriented after that... Got my first ever running medal!! :)

Distance: 5km
Time: 57 minutes
Average speed: 5.263 km/h (this sucks as my lake gardens run averaged at about 5.7.. :( )

On the plus side, I managed to pass some of the people who overtook me at the start (they started late too).. So, it's not all that bad (and breakfast was fun too!)... And had lots of fun training for it... Hopefully, there will come a day when you guys will have to buy me breakfast... Hahaha... ;) Regardless, kudos to all of us for finishing!! :D