First 5K

Spring means warm weather (generally), rain showers, growing plants (maybe) and more time outdoors (hopefully)!  Several weeks ago, I participated in my first 5K, post Baby "L."  All in all, it has almost been a year since I last ran.  I can't believe that must time has passed!

The race I ran was a 3.1 mile paint run, benefiting Ronald McDonald House.  The Saturday morning race sounded like a super good reason to get out run again.  I have so missed it!!  So, I ran with minimal preparation.  I figured, it was only 3 miles, so not anything to get too concerned about.

The race course turned out to be more of a trail run than I anticipated, so it took me a bit longer to finish.  My time was 28:61.  Not too bad for a first race, but I definitely need to do some work to get back to my 8 minute mile goal!  My after race picture, courtesy of Mr. Fixit :)