Super Bowl Sunday 5K Race Result

I did it! I finished the 5K in my goal time of under 27 minutes. In fact, my time was 26:55. :)

It felt great. I definitely went out too fast the first mile -- 8:15! I need to run more on the road instead of on the treadmill so I can gage my pace. I just started off with the head of the pack and my Garmin said my pace was 6:30! I'd try to slow down and it would say 7:30! Crazy.

The second mile I did in 8:55 or so, which was slower than my 8:40 goal pace. The third mile I did in 8:35 or so, so it all evened out, but I really want to work on my pace. At the end I felt spent and was hoping I could crawl over the finish line in time. Ha ha.

I had a great time, my boyfriend came and took my picture so I'll have to post it. I am really excited to have run my first race of the year and to start working on improving that time. But it's a great starting time... fast for me!

Here's a link to the official results.