I've never posted on this thread before, so I hope a newbie is welcome.

I ran a 5k race yesterday -freezing cold, pretty windy, hilly course. What fun! I knew I was going slowly when the first runners passed me (out and back course) at the 1/2 mile mark!

I'm working on running in enough qualifying races for automatic entry into next year's NYC Marathon, 3 down, 6 to go.