another 5k experience

i did not know what to expect, but i put one foot in front of the other... the 5k was laid out over a course i ran hundreds of times, more even, because i lived right on that course for seven years or so... the course was to a point and then back and i started out thinking i might turn around before the halfway point when my friend came around (cuz she runs mid-twenty minute 5ks) and probably would have been fine with a 50 minute 5k but i trucked along jogging slowly then walking then jogging again... stamina was way down... sad how fast that goes away... the foot/ankle was holding up great so i decided to go all the way to the halway mark which mean i was gonna do the whole 5k... and i was able to jog slowly for the last tenth of a mile and was not dead at the end and no damage to the foot and yay... 42:53 time was ok considering, though there is a part of me still wondering why i let the sub 18 minute 5ks go... somewhere in my scribbles i use to keep track of run times and i remember a sub-16 minute 5k, alas, maybe faster... anyway, age, but even more, lack of daily conditioning does it...

enough lamenting, celebrate the continued progress on the rehab... yeah...

off to softball practice now...