vincit qui se vincit

Yesterday I participated in my first 5K race. It was the Mike Tyler 5K at Watkins Mill High School (http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/watkinsmillhs/mike_tyler/mike_tyler09.pdf). Considering I am so new to this my only goal was to finish, and finish in a reasonable amount of time. Well, I did finish, and I managed to do it in 29:50. I think that was pretty good considering I was expecting something closer to 35 minutes.

Remember, this was a high school event. The part that amazed me was how many of the teenage athletes I beat. I guess I have conditioned myself much better than they did. I was surprised by how many were out of breath climbing the hills of the course. To any of those kids I say: "You're half my age. You should have done better." Actually, I cannot complain. I am sure any one of them wipe the floor with me in their chosen sport. At least I can also say I'm in the best shape of my life.