Saturday was the Spring Sprint for Autism and it was held literally 1 mile from my house. It was sponsored by the kids' school along with USF and a local running store. I was excited to go run and support the cause.
My lack of speed remains frustrating for me, and I knew starting out that I wasn't running as quickly as I usually do (which is pretty slow to begin with.) I tried not to worry about it and decided to let it go. About 4 kilometers in I got sort of focussed on finishing strong and wanted to ramp it up a little bit. Before I got a chance to do that though, I got a little too far to the right on the road and my foot rolled down the little inch drop off that was there. I have a lovely scrape over most of my left shin. A nice man helped me get to my feet and I decided to keep running. I was able to finish the race, and got back in time to run the 1 mile fun run with the kids. My 5 K time was 37 minute 13 seconds. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed. But I guess that gives me a goal to shoot for next time.
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If it makes you feel any better, you are faster than me! Plus you probably took a few minutes getting back up from the fall, so it sounds like your time is pretty good!
Congrats on doing it- that is a great accomplishment!
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