5k

We took our first steps today - 5 km.

We started out at 8:03 pm walking around Boomer Lake. It was a little windy, but not too chilly with a sweatshirt and cap on. We started out at a decent pace and it was very nice.

We passed the 1k marker and I remember thinking, "This isn't so bad!" I was chatting away with Scott and we talked about our plans for becoming prepared to make this journey over the next few years.

"Hey! Look!" I said, "There's the second marker!" I was feeling a little winded and I noticed that I had a bit of a cramp in my left thigh. I found I was searching for the 3k marker but not finding it anywhere; that's because we weren't near it yet.

Scott continued to tell me his ideas for the web site and something else; I don't seem to remember much about what he was saying because I was feeling a tad bit odd. I'm not really sure how to explain it, but I know it meant that I was desperately out of shape.

The 3k marker was passed or at least I don't remember seeing it. I know it had to be somewhere around the US Vet Memorial, but it was dark and I wasn't really thinking about much more than my need to breathe. Who would have thought 3k would take forever to walk; Scott informed me it had only been 40 minutes. I thought I was going to kill him, but my arms were getting too tired to lift.

As we neared the bridge on Lakeview Road, I found something to laugh about. Someone had taken paint and painted a pac-man guy chasing one of the trail traffic lines... it was so funny. It gave me a little more energy to get across the bridge and head back to the car.

I was really excited when we walked over the 5k marker and I saw our car parked in the parking lot just across the street from the pathway. I would have jumped for joy, but I was completely and thoroughly exhausted. I asked Scott what time it was and he said it was 9:05pm. We did it, we walked 5k in about an hour. That means we were walking 3 mph. This is a cool thing....

This means, I can now go to bed and go to sleep. I just hope I can get out of bed in the morning.
Good night.