{"id":1031,"date":"2010-05-23T22:58:30","date_gmt":"2010-05-24T05:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lazyplayer.com\/blog\/?p=1031"},"modified":"2010-05-23T23:08:09","modified_gmt":"2010-05-24T06:08:09","slug":"woohoo-first-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lazyplayer.com\/blog\/?p=1031","title":{"rendered":"Woohoo First Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Was pretty exciting.\u00a0 I did not do well compared to others but I did run better than a 10 minute mile.<\/p>\n<p>Here are\u00a0 the stats<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1037\" style=\"width: 416px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lazyplayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/My-5k-Time.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1037\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1037  \" title=\"My 5k Time\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lazyplayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/My-5k-Time.jpg\" alt=\"My 5k Time\" width=\"406\" height=\"12\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1037\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A little disappointing but OK<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I placed 421th out of I dunno how many, I think 700.\u00a0 My number was 27, I placed 43rd out of 54 in my age group, My chip time was 30:34 which is when I crossed the Start Line to When I crossed the finish line, my gun time was 31:13 which was when the gun was fired to when I crossed the finish line.\u00a0 My pace was 9:52 which I am really happy with.<\/p>\n<p>I may be disappointed when I compare myself to others, but I am happy when I look at the progress I made.\u00a0 I could not do this a year ago.\u00a0 I recall running the third runway at Seatac and barely finished.<\/p>\n<p>Couple things I did right,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I got there early enough to prepare mentally, but not too early to tire myself out<\/li>\n<li>Well hydrated<\/li>\n<li>Slept Well<\/li>\n<li>Had documentation and ID I needed<\/li>\n<li>Bus route<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Couple things need to remember for next time<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Although I did pee before the race, maybe pee again<\/li>\n<li>Got bus route home, but need better overall map<\/li>\n<li>Take advantage of the where they hold the bags.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some pics, I got more, but this is enough<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1035\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lazyplayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Start-5k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1035\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1035\" title=\"Start 5k\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lazyplayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Start-5k.jpg\" alt=\"Start 5k\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Starting Line of the 5k<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Got there early enough to take pictures of the starting point<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1034\" style=\"width: 305px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lazyplayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/RFID-Tag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1034\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1034\" title=\"RFID Tag\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lazyplayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/RFID-Tag.jpg\" alt=\"RFID Tag\" width=\"295\" height=\"408\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1034\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tag to track progress<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Got there early enough to get my shirt on and RFID tag.\u00a0 Normally I would be doing this at home though.\u00a0 But I was not in Seattle Saturday to pic up my race packet.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1033\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lazyplayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Finish-5k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1033\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1033\" title=\"Finish 5k\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lazyplayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Finish-5k.jpg\" alt=\"Finish 5k\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1033\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Finish Line<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This was a welcome site.<\/p>\n<p>Also on youtube<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"West Seattle 5k 2010\" href=\"Also on youtube  http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Wy4l9paZTpM\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Wy4l9paZTpM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am at the 52 second mark, if you followed my blog you know what to look for.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah this is this first image of me in my blog.<\/p>\n<p>This was totally fun, after getting home, getting lunch and a little nap, I felt really really good.<\/p>\n<p>Looking forward to the 1\/2 Marathon, already feel butterflies in my stomach.<\/p>\n<p>Weight: 247.8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Was pretty exciting.\u00a0 I did not do well compared to others but I did run better than a 10 minute mile. 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