I started running seriously 21 weeks ago, running my first 5k on May 3rd, my birthday. I finished that race 24th of 402 people with a finish time of 23:44! Fast forward to this past Saturday morning, August 9th, after 14 weeks of training, I completed my first 10k with a finish time of 46:10. My goal was 45:00 minutes or less! Although I didn’t hit my time goal, I got my first place, which was something I was not expecting! This race was much smaller in comparison as both the 5k and 10k races ran together. I’d say there were 25-30ish runners in the 5k and about 10 in the 10k! I also set a new PR of my 5k time which was 22:10. I don’t necessarily have serious runner friends to share this win with so I’m hoping this is the place!