My first 5k

[MikeH92467]

I recently ran in the St. Luke's Boise 5k/10k/Half-Marathon. I haven't been in a semi-competitive running environment since high school, but with the encouragement of my voice acting coach I put it on my list of goals for the year. To my absolute astonishment I covered the distance in just over 31 minutes and finished 5th out of 32 in my (65-69) age group. It was a nice little celebration of the four year anniversary of bariatric surgery that helped me go from 300 lbs to about 208. Who knows, maybe next year I'll crack the 30 minute mark!

 

[BillJ]

Congrats.

Not sure I could walk a 5K in anywhere near an acceptable time. They’d have to leave the lights on for me.

 

[MikeH92467]

Congrats.

Not sure I could walk a 5K in anywhere near an acceptable time. They’d have to leave the lights on for me.

Well I broke my ankle a couple of weeks ago when I missed the bottom step on my staircase, so you'd probably win.

 

[Colonel Midnight]

Congrats!

I signed up for my first half-marathon last week, the Hapalua Half, in April 2023. Hoping I can both run the whole dang thing and do it under 2 hours. Those are the goals — we’ll see how it actually goes, lol.

There’s also the Great Aloha run in February 2023, an 8-miler (13k), so my plan is to use that as a benchmark along the way…

Cheers,
-CM-

 

[publiusr]

I’d fall over dead at 20 feet.