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[dherblay]

I ran in my first 5K today. I expected, based on past treadmill performances, to finish in thirty to thirty-two minutes, so I surprised myself by finishing at 26:30 -- and it is a tribute to the strength of my slight tendency towards Asperger's that even as exhausted as I was, I sprinted the last fifteen or twenty feet before the finish line so I

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[dherblay]

Thank you! Any less, well, less than thirty seconds less, and it wouldn't have been a round number.

[ladyhelix]

Excellent Andrew!! Good on you!

[dherblay]

Thank you.

[midnightsjane]

Congratulations! (I'm exhausted just reading about this, lol.)
I'm of the opinion that the only good running experience is the one that happens when you stop. ;P

[dherblay]

Thank you.

[londonkds]

Congratulations on just finishing the thing.

[dherblay]

Just finishing the thing?? 26:30, motherfucker!!

[zargon10]

Congrats on finishing it! And having the courage to try it!

I can walk a 5K, in about an hour!

[dherblay]

The greatest fear I had was that I'd sleep through the start. They schedule these things way too early!