I'm running my first 10K race tomorrow

[MissMillie]

Wish me luck!


My son had been giving me guff all week about coming w/ me and I was pretty hurt about it, but he told me tonight he'll be coming w/ me

[lizziegrace]

1. Good for you MissMillie!

You've worked so hard to get to this point.

[seemunkee]

2. Go Miss Millie!!!

Best of luck

[alfredo]

3. Good luck. Don't get too caught up in the excitement.

run your own race at your own pace.

Have fun.

[Kat45]

4. You running in the Tufts 10K?

That's great.

[MissMillie]

5. that's the one

I may be last across the finish line, but I intend to run (or jog) the whole thing.

[Callalily]

6. Wishing you

luck on your first 10k race.

Please let us know how you did!

[gfindu]

7. Good Luck

You will do great

[MissMillie]

8. race completed

I must confess I had to walk about a mile of it. Temperatures in Boston were close to 80 today and I'm just not used to running outdoors in weather like that.

My official time was around 1.5 hours.

[crim son]

9. Well, I'm impressed!

Good for you for making it through. Eighty degrees is definitely not the best running weather. Congratulations!!

[MissMillie]

12. I would have so like to have done it all w/o walking

but you can only do what you can do.

[prolesunited]

15. You finished!

Not many people could even say they did that. I know a couple of people at work training for the Chicago marathon. That seems even more unfathomable to me.

Are you going to do another event?

[MissMillie]

16. not this year

these long distance events mess w/ my schedule, and with me back at night school, I need my schedule to be more reliable.

[crim son]

17. It gives you something to work toward.

Sometimes the effort made in the attempt to achieve the goal is more worthy than the goal itself.

[lizziegrace]

10. Yay!!

[flamingyouth]

13. Congrats!

That's a major accomplishment!

[LostinVA]

18. Good for you -- and there's no shame in walking

I'm friends with some elite trail ultrarunners, who do several 100 and 50 mile races a year. Walking is built into their training, and the training programs they've created for me also incorporate it. You're in good company!

GOOD FOR YOU!!!

[bigwillq]

11. Good Luck!

[LisaM]

14. Congrats!

Who cares if you had to walk a little bit, 10K is 10K!