I completed my first 10k today. We walked the entire way but we finished, in less than 2 hours even!
The race started at 10am and it was already WARM! The first couple of miles were pretty much all up hill and pretty steep hills! We talked a few times about just doing the 5k course, nobody would know, right?! But once we stuck it out it got better.
The views were beautiful! The entire walk was on the trails of Mt. Spokane and most were not “groomed” trails.
I missed the 1 mile marker but it was around this area.
We hit the 2 mile mark at about 38 min into the walk, not too bad.
At mile 3 we got more into the woods and seemed to be the start of the down hill. We ran into quite a bit of mud, which they warned us about. This is where we realized that we had gained on the two people that were behind us because they were no where in sight now.
At mile four we felt like we were in the home stretch!
Mile 5…only one more to go!
And there it was…mile 6!
And before we knew it, we were crossing the finish line! We finished in 1:57 (I believe). We were not the last finishers in the 10k which made us feel a little better. But for our first 10k, I think we did pretty good.
When I got back to my car I went to put my flip flops on and this is what I found! My feet were so dirty, even with shoes and socks on and here’s why!
Thanks for doing this with me Lyndsey, I had a great time despite my sore muscles!!! Not sure we’ll do it next year but it was a fun experience.
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