First Race

Today I ran my first race.  The America's Finest City 5K.  It was pretty cool.  I woke up early (5 am) to get ready and I was kinda nervous.  When I turned off the freeway, the road to Balboa Park was gridlock - about 9,000 runners (7,500 for the Half-Marathon and 1,500 for the 5K) all looking for parking.  It ended up moving along and I was at the start line by 6:30 - it started at 6:45.  I saw a friend from my running group and a few other people I knew, so I felt a little less nervous.  Then off we went!  I ended up running the race in 28:59 per my Garmin - actual time per my chip will be posted on their website later, so I am curious how that compares to the Garmin.  My average pace was 9:18.  I'm pretty happy with these results - I was definitely not in the best shape ever today so I know there's room for improvement...  but it's good for now.