1st 3K Race!

Race results on my first 3K race ever:

Time: 17 min 46 sec
Mile pace: 9 min 32 sec
Speed: 6.29 mph

I came in as the 6th fastest female in the race. The winner (a male) came in at a time of around 12 minutes! Crazy!

The race was awesome. I didn't expect to be so fast. Normally when I run, it's not at 6.29mph for a long distance. Plus, this was outdoors. The course was awesome for the most part. Most of it was in the shade. But, there was this long straight away stretch along the highway that was in the blazing hot sun. Plus, it was a slight incline! So, the terrain was definitely NOT what I was used to, since I run almost strictly indoors on the treadmill. By the end of the race, I was feeling slightly ill. I had to take a couple of walk breaks towards the middle and end of the course. I'll bet my top speed was pretty fast, since I was able to do 6.29mph overall for the 1.86 miles. Awesome experience overall, and I would recommend it to anyone interested in running. Maybe next time I'll train for a 5K race.

Here were the winning times in the 3K race. I was only a bit over a minute out of the running for 3rd! Lol.

Male:
1st - 11:23
2nd - 12:18
3rd - 13:20

Female:
1st - 14:01
2nd - 14:17
3rd - 16:42